333 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for subsidiary protection and leave to remain in respect of a person (details supplied) in Galway; when a decision will be made on the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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332 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for leave to remain in respect of a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made on the application; the status of that person’s application to move to direct provision in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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320 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; when a decision will issue on this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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319 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for leave to remain here in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; when a decision will issue on this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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300 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport his views on the R340 in Connemara; if he will address the ongoing difficulties being experienced regarding potholes and other road hazards in the section of the road between Recess south and Glen Turkeen in Cashel.
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1 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the value of imports from Israel in 2009; the portion of those imports that were entitled to preferential duty; and if those imports which did not get preferential duty were produce from settlements illegal under international law.
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112 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on reports of killings, overnight, aboard a flotilla seeking to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza, included in which were Irish civilians; if he will report on his meeting with the Israeli ambassador due to have taken place on Monday 31 May; if he will suggest a common EU response to this action and discuss such with his colleague Ministers across the EU; his further views on whether diplomatic sanctions are a possible response; and if so, if he will outline those sanctions which he proposes.
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15 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when she expects to publish the Education (Patronage) Bill 2010 in order that the community national school model can be given a statutory basis upon which to operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will clarify immigration policy regarding de facto relationships; if there is a specific application form required to have such relationships recognised; if he will provide a list of the documentation needed to support such an application.
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342 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the case of two gay men who have been jailed, separately, for a period of 14 years each in Malawi due to their sexual orientation, an abuse of human rights as set out in a number of international treaties; the action he will take on the matter; and if the fact that Malawi is a donor country of Ireland’s will influence any decision to act taken by the Irish Government.
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336 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the numbers of membership, term of office, salary or expenses, and appointing body of the advisory board for Irish Aid.
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309 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for leave to remain in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; when a decision will be made on this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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240 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, further to a previous parliamentary question, if she will comment as to whether a school (details supplied) in County Galway is to be included in the next public private partnership bundle which is now overdue; and if she will indicate when this bundle will be announced.
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198 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the local authorities who have completed the community facilities audit which was requested by his Department; if he will list those who have completed the audits and those from whom it has been requested but not submitted; and if he will further indicate the response he proposes to make to those audits which have been submitted to him.
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167 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will comment on the recent unlawful killing of a person (details supplied) in Mexico, a human rights activist with links to Ireland; if this has been looked into by his Department; if he has raised the matter with his Mexican counterpart as well as with the Mexican Ambassador in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the need for the national monuments legislation to be amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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33 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of standard leased units for which funding approval has been issued by his Department; the number of these units that have not achieved a discount of 20% or more below market value.
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131 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, further to reports that prosecutions taken against employers were up by over 50% in 2009, the number of employers who were prosecuted in this manner; the numbers of such employers; if he will give a geographical breakdown of these; if specifically he will give the figures as they apply to both Galway city and county.
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108 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when beef carcase grading figures will be published under the new MII grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding some meat plants prior to 15 February 2010; if his Department is unable to verify whether payments under the new grid were accurate prior to this date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection when he plans to amend the qualifying criteria for mortgage interest supplement.
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78 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if it is his view that the National Pensions Reserve Fund should operate within the guidelines of ethical investment.
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23 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised with the Iranian ambassador the continuing incarceration, without charge, of members of the Baha’i community and the contravention involved of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the current position in relation to the theft of EU citizens’ identities by those involved in the extrajudicial killing of a person (details supplied) in Dubai
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61 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the progress made on the redevelopment of the Abbey Theatre; the position regarding the detailed assessment of the feasibility of the General Post Office as the location of the Abbey Theatre; when she expects to publish this assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport when the review of the Sports Capital Programme will be published; if her attention has been drawn to a recent programme (details supplied) which illustrates the way in which certain areas received more funding than others; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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419 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway.
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354 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm the way in which matters concerning asylum and immigration are being managed within his Department.
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275 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on the possible roll-out of a 116000 EU-wide hotline for missing children.
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115 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to receive the report of the special group she established to examine the way in which the health services should be funded; if the report will be published on her receipt of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce tracing mechanisms for adopted persons by way of amendment to the Adoption Bill; if not, if and when she will introduce separate legislation for this purpose; if work has already commenced on the drafting of such amendments and legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the recommendations of the special group on the public service numbers and expenditure report that he plans to implement during 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to legislate to restore the offence of misprision of felony; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his views on the recent number of cases highlighted by the National Consumer Agency in which some branches of the country’s four biggest retailers were charging customers more than the prices displayed; if he is satisfied that the law is adequate to deal with such practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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65 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his views on the recent report by the European office of Amnesty International which suggests that a number of EU countries have been involved in the export of weapons of torture.
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365 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position of the feasibility study for the assessment of higher education learning outcomes; the Irish involvement in this study; the overall cost of the study and projects; and the size of the Irish contribution.
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83 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of community services programme-funded day care centres; the number of such centres opened over the past three years; if discussions have taken place with any agency regarding the funding of such centres; if so, the result of such consultations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the way she will introduce bonus points for mathematics in the leaving certificate in view of the lack of consensus among the academic councils of the seven universities in the State as to whether this should be done; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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207 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the final destination of the flights carrying arms; the procedures that are in place to ensure they are not destined for embargoed destinations, or destined for end-users likely to commit war crimes or human rights violations.
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206 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport the criteria used by his Department to decide if an exemption from the provisions of Article 6 of the air navigation order is granted; and if he will make a statement on the reason applications in recent years have not been granted.
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205 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify the process of granting exemptions from Articles 6 and 7 in the Air Navigation Order 1973, in particular clarify if a separate exemption must be sought for every flight by an exempted aircraft; the total number of aircrafts permitted to carry munitions of war over Ireland exempt from Articles 6 and 7 as of 1 January 2010.
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96 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the value of imports from Israel in 2009; the position of those imports that were entitled to preferential duty; and if those imports which did not get preferential duty were produced from settlements illegal under international law.
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88 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if he is currently preparing any submission for the Department of Finance on transport capital spending for 2011 through to 2016, especially in regard to metro north, the western rail corridor, the Navan rail line and the Dublin rail interconnector and in the post-Transport 21 era; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the operation of the western rail corridor from Limerick to Galway in its first month of operation; the timeframe for the completion of the full four phases of the WRC from Athenry to Tuam, Tuam to Claremorris and Claremorris to Collooney; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal.
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95 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by Migrants Rights Centre Ireland for a change in the way in which the work permit system is operated; his views of the campaign’s aim which is to allow the employee the right to change employer as opposed to being bound to one; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding spouses of early retirement scheme applicants who were deceased during the period of the pension; if the pension is being withheld; if it will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the structure and investors in the National Asset Management Agency special purpose vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if he will indicate the recommendations which his Department has made in terms of ethical foreign policy to the interdepartmental committee which has been established to examine responsible investment policy.
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56 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to upgrade sewerage and industrial waste water treatment plants to tackle the problem of water pollution and the eutrophication of rivers, lakes and tidal waters as outlined in the most recent Environmental Protection Agency report on water quality; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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