286 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Health and Children the specific arrangements in place for routine dental treatment for medical card patients, who have entitlements under the provisions of the Health Acts, since May 2010.
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284 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is an appropriate use of medical consultants' time to dictate letters requesting approval for dental treatments which are necessary for patients requiring urgent medical treatments.
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281 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the criteria imposed by the Health Service Executive in the recent circular to dentists are clinically and administratively clear and unambiguous; and if she has ensured that operational guidelines have been issued to the principal dental surgeons.
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280 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the claims processing staff in the primary care reimbursement service have been apprised of the new arrangements.
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278 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Health and Children if she has advised principal dental surgeons and contracting dentists of the circumstances under which approval may be given for emergency dentures.
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41 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his views on proposals to criminalise the buyers of sex rather than the sex workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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436 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the refusal of rent allowance in respect of a persons (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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422 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social Protection if measures were put in place to compensate persons on State benefit whose child benefit was cut in the budget 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social Protection the additional supports that have been given to job facilitators to deal with the increased demand for access to support; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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20 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her views on whether there is greater scope for her Department to engage in the investigation of shared services between agencies that fall under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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166 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for jobseeker’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Transport if he has prepared a budgetary submission for the Department of Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation when he will make a decision on the introduction of a small and medium enterprise loan guarantee; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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240 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the refusal of rent allowance to persons (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social Protection when an oral hearing will take place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who has appealed the refusal of their carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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393 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Defence the cost of maintaining and operating the Government jet in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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253 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason parliamentary questions addressed to the Health Service Executive are being returned with the response that they cannot be answered due to the ongoing industrial dispute, when parliamentary questions are being responded to from other Departments including the Department of Social Protection, which are also operating a work-to-rule; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the measures that have been implemented to ensure that claims will be processed in a more timely manner.
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114 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his views on whether it is acceptable that persons made redundant in the past two years have to wait for more than a year for their statutory payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the reason for the delay in processing redundancy payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the length of the consultation process to determine the sporting events that will be A listed to require free to air live broadcast coverage; and when the Government will make a decision on the matter
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185 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against the decision to refuse an application for child benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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213 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Wexford who have been refused jobseeker’s allowance because the means from benefit of board and lodgings in their parents’ home have put them over the income limit since the introduction of this assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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212 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social Protection the date from which the Department started assessing applicants for jobseeker’s allowance living at home for means from benefit of board and lodgings in their parents’ home; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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341 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the €800 euro fee for fingerpost signs per annum is a reasonable charge in this current economic climate.
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340 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the current economic climate, he will consider waiving fingerpost signage fees for businesses who wish to give directions to their premises.
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214 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Health and Children if persons who have started dental treatment procedures under the general medical card scheme and are in the middle of a treatment process can be allowed to proceed to finish the treatment with their dentist under the medical card scheme.
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212 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an appeal for medical card services in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social Protection the additional support that has been given to job facilitators to deal with the increased demand for access to support; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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350 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the legal costs incurred to date by the publicly funded Commission as a respondent in a case (details supplied) lodged with the Equality Tribunal, such case now being closed, a decision notified to the complainant and respondent respectively by the equality officer assigned to the case and no appeal lodged to the Labour Court within the 42 day time limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has a national strategy aimed at developing local abattoirs in each county across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made in developing a policy to assist persons who are experiencing difficulty in meeting debt repayment.
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151 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of unfinished housing estates here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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825 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of staff and the grades of these staff who are located in his Department’s office in Johnstown Castle Estate, County Wexford; the number of staff and their respective grades who were located in this office for each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; if he will detail the year in which the greatest number of the Department’s staff were located in this decentralised office and also the year in which the least number of the Department’s staff were based here; if it is the case that there has been a decline in staff numbers, the reason for such a downturn in view of the decentralisation commitments to the region; the staffing outlook for the office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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673 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason an appeal in respect of an application for carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford which was refused cannot be dealt with by the appeals office as they are awaiting the file to be sent to them from the carer’s allowance section; the further reason for this delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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461 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Transport if there is a potential ban for pulling trailers for mechanically propelled vehicles; if there is, is it likely to be relevant to four wheel drive vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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781 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the case of a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Finance if he has had consultations with other Departments regarding the measures drawn from the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes report which they plan to implement; the aggregate savings involved outside of the social welfare rate changes; and the percentage of that aggregate which will be delivered in year one.
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65 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to instruct ComReg to allow open access to all publicly and privately owned infrastructure.
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74 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she will take to alleviate the impact of the carbon tax on lower income households that are more likely to rely on higher carbon fuels and to live in badly insulated homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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176 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will issue on an appeal for illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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175 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will issue on an appeal for jobseeker’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will issue on an appeal for jobseeker’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will issue on an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will issue on an appeal for jobseeker’s benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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171 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will issue on an appeal for jobseeker’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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170 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will issue on an appeal for jobseeker’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will issue on an application for disability benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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392 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has received correspondence indicating that his or her contributory State pension has been disallowed from 31 January 2009; if she will review this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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