601 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a response will issue to correspondence originally sent to him on 30 March 2012 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is acceptable that an organisation faces having to pay a considerable fee a second time in respect of a public advertisement process (details supplied); if there are financial subventions available to assist with the second incidence in view of its high cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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144 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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392 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the proposed new sick pay scheme; the provisions being made within it to ensure that abuse of the system by employees is prevented; if the financial implications on employers are being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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244 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person’s (details supplied) examination paper is available or on record for viewing purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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807 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 587 of 14 January 2012 and 234 of 28 April 2012, when a response will issue from the Adoption Authority of Ireland; the reason for the delay in the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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808 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 671 of 24 April 2012, if the Adoption Authority of Ireland has completed its report on its assessment of the situation in Ethiopia regarding inter-country adoptions; the next steps that are to be taken; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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806 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 24 April 2012, if the Adoption Authority of Ireland has completed its report into the assessment of the Ethiopian adoption situation following a visit by an AAI delegation to Addis Ababa recently; her views on the report; the next steps in the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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775 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will issue a response to a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding an AEOS 2 application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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741 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing a grant to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when the grant will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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740 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing a forestry grant to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when the grant will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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709 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the position in respect of An Garda Síochána's provision in an area (details supplied) in County Cork; if there are plans to reinstate the vacated post; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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628 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the terms and conditions for the hiring of poll clerks and presiding officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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355 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a rent allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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248 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a proposal by a local community to utilise a closed Garda station for alternative purposes (details supplied); when a decision will be made on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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194 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by parents in receipt of the remote area boarding grant who live on islands where there is no daily access to a secondary school, in view of the extra costs incurred in paying for boarding school fees, and taking into consideration that an individual accommodation provider may require more than the €150 per week provided for by the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a situation regarding special needs assistant provision in a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the effect of the reduction on the pupils concerned; if he will outline his latest position on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the situation regarding special needs assistants provision in a school (details supplied) for the 2012/2013 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 22 May, 2012, his views on whether it is acceptable that his Department has no role in relation to the setting down of minimum standards for accommodation provided to children under the remote area boarding grant; if he will consider reviewing this matter in view of the concern of some parents regarding the lack of regulation in this area; if he will consider introducing standards in relation to the vetting and inspecting of such accommodation in the same manner that Irish summer colleges are subjected to examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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155 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the main findings of RTÉ’s report into Saorview and Saorsat provision in west Cork which he received on 16 May 2012; the actions he will take following the publication of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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686 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a full driving licence holder is entitled to a tow a trailer on that licence; if that is not the case, if there is a requirement on the driver to sit a test; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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649 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 3 May 2012 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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627 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health his views regarding the decision to refuse the motorised transport grant to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; his views on whether this is fair in view of the exceptional and difficult circumstances of the case in question; if he will consider the contradictory nature of the system in that it requires that in order for a person to receive VRT/VAT relief, an adaptation must be made to the car in question, however, the necessary adaptations cannot be made without the assistance of the motorised transport grant; if this case will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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503 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 26 April 2012 the Property Registration Authority will issue a report explaining the delay in issuing a Land Registry instrument in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if the authority are aware of and will take into consideration the mental and financial hardship it has placed upon the party involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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484 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will issue on an application for funding by Cork County Council (details supplied); if he will take into consideration the need to release funding to the council in order that it can repair a problem which is causing frequent distress to many residents in Kinsale, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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468 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects TV3 to make a decision on the carriage of the Saorsat service; the contract that has been made between his Department and the organisation on the matter to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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290 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns held by existing mature students who have experienced a cut in their adjacent rate maintenance grant; if there are any supports available which will offset the impact of the cut on PhD students in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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283 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way he ensures that the remote area boarding grant, when not paid to a boarding school but to a household providing digs accommodation, is spent effectively and procures adequate living arrangements for the pupils concerned; the process in place to ensure that certain minimum standards apply when pupils are going into such accommodation; his views that the administration of the grant is appropriately regulated and supervised in terms of vetting and ensuring the household is kept to a certain standard; if such households’ pupils are subjected to checks and inspections by his Department in the same manner as foster homes or Irish summer college accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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269 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give provide an update on a school (details supplied) in County Cork under the prefab replacement programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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268 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on the next stage of the prefab replacement programme regarding schools that were originally approved under the scheme and subsequently applied to have further facilities included in it; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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246 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is eligible for mortgage interest relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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221 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reinstate the programme of skills courses with Fáilte Ireland for persons who want to enter the hotel, catering and tourism industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on measures being taken to increase the level of technological communication that takes place between various elements of the public service, such as video conferencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm if a person (details supplied) meets the qualifying conditions for the special rate of post graduate grant; if he previously qualified under standard grant thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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273 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has withheld STC payments from a medical practitioner (details supplied); when the payments will issue; if he will consider that the situation is causing undue frustration to the person concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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214 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will issue on an application for funding by Cork County Council (details supplied); if he will take into consideration the need to release funding to the council in order that they can repair a problem which is causing frequent distress to many residents in Kinsale, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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545 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not yet received their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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396 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the process involved for a sporting organisation (details supplied) in hiring a person under the community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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185 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in issuing a land registry instrument to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the up to date position regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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175 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the rules of the shared ownership mortgage as administered by the local authorities are generated at Departmental or local government level; if he is considering the perceived restrictions on the scheme now that it has been discontinued; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to concerns among many people in west Cork who will not be able to receive the new SAORVIEW service once analogue television is discontinued on 24 October 2012; if he will consider that the option being made available to them in purchasing an individual receiver is not viable in view of the cost involved and the limited channels offered; his plans to make provisions for persons adversely affected by the switchover; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if she will expedite the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a course fee in respect of a person (details supplied) can be waived in view of the circumstances outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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77 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the pupil-teacher ratio for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of the rules set out in Circular M10/94, the number of pupils who receive an exemption under the following sections of part C: pupils who function intellectually at average or above average level but have a specific learning disability of such a degree of severity that they fail to achieve expected levels of attainment in basic language skills in the mother tongue; pupils who have been assessed as having a general learning disability due to serious intellectual impairment, that is, a mental handicap and are also failing to attain adequate levels in basic language skills in the mother tongue; pupils who have been assessed as having a general learning disability due to serious sensory impairment and are also failing to attain adequate levels in basic language skills in the mother tongue; if there are any plans to update this circular; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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73 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils nationwide who have secured an exemption from sitting Irish for the leaving certificate this year; the total number of pupils who secured exemptions from Irish in each of the past five years separately; the number of exempted pupils in 2012 who study a foreign language; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the total number of mortgages which are currently held by State-owned banks; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of mortgages held by each bank, specifying the type of mortgage held and corresponding number of mortgage holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the amount that mortgage interest relief has cost the Exchequer in each of the past four years; the total number of persons who were approved for the relief in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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788 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of international teams that have confirmed to date that they will train in Ireland in the run-up to the Olympic Games; if there are any plans to utilise the teams during their time here in terms of meeting local sporting organisations or similar; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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