224 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of hospitality and entertainment allowances allocated to each of the State’s seven main universities in 2010 and 2011; if he will categorise how these allowances were spent in each college per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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208 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider allowing a school (details supplied) in County Cork to retain a teaching post in view of the fact that it is shortly due to absorb a pupil which will bring it to the required 51-pupil threshold and given its DEIS band 2 status; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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207 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the context of the review of learning support teachers due to be published shortly, he will consider basing one learning support teacher, LST, in a school (details supplied) in County Cork, in view of the fact that it shares an LST with two other schools; the likelihood that another LST will be allocated to the three schools shortly; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if it is set to lose any teachers under recent budgetary adjustments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the current teacher allocation arrangements and enrolment requirements for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if the school will face cuts in teaching posts due to budgetary adjustments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance his views on the costs which are incurred by financial institutions under his control each time they issue correspondence to customers informing them of mortgage rate increases; the amount each institution spent in 2010 and 2011 on administration and postage of such letters in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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199 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown which outlines, in terms of the 556 revised declarations to persons who were already in possession of a valid declaration of eligibility and suitability issued prior to 1 November 2010 by the former Adoption Board, how many of this group have subsequently adopted a child or are still waiting to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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198 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, in view of her statement that there will be fewer children available for adoption from Vietnam than previously due to anticipated demand for domestic adoptions in Vietnam and more stringent criteria under the Hague Convention, if she has received any indication from the Vietnamese authorities regarding the likely numbers of children available for adoption to Ireland in the near future; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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61 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider maintaining the tax designation of a vehicle in view of the circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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628 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if he will advise, since the centralisation of the medical card applications, the total number of applications which have been received by his office; of the total number of applications received, the number that are waiting for processing for more than three months, six months, nine months and 12 months separately; of the total number of medical card applications received in the central processing office, the percentage of cards that have been issued within 15 working days; his views that there is undue delay in the processing of medical cards in the primary care reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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604 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that vaccinations were carried out on children who were resident in the St. Conlett’s reformatory school, Dangean, County Offaly during the period January 1964 to January 1967; if records were kept of these vaccinations, and if so, the location of same; if these results were tabulated; if research based on such results was carried out subsequently; if he will provide a breakdown of the institutions which used the information obtained from the research and if he will confirm if the authorities in the school were paid by way of commission, moneys or any other form of monetary payment for allowing these children to be vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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587 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of the sending countries to which the Adoption Association of Ireland have sent packs or dossiers since the introduction of the Adoption Act 2010; the date on which each pack was sent; the response received by the AAI in each case from the central authorities in each sending country; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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549 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in the clearing of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has suspected bovine tuberculosis in their herd; the reason it took 15 days for the sample to go to the laboratory for a test; when the restriction will be lifted following the test results; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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411 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding fishing for salmon and trout in a river (details supplied) in County Cork; the quota that will be provided on the river; the way the quota will be allocated; the way the quota will be administered; if he will consider extending the quota in view of reductions in recent years that have made this area financially unviable for many local fishermen; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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221 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason behind a 2006 decision between him, the Higher Education Authority and the Postgraduate Applications Centre which saw a points cap being imposed on business degree graduates seeking to study postgraduate diplomas in education; if he will review this situation in view of the problems it is causing in terms of eligibility for the back to education allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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220 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby business degree graduates who are attempting to access postgraduate diplomas in education are being refused the back to education allowance due to the points threshold imposed in them by the third-level institutions concerned and the nature of the progression rule within the Department of Social Protection; if he will consider the view that this system is contradictory in view of the fact that it requires the students to have a certain number of qualifications in order to gain the points for the course but at the same time refuses to award them the BTEA because of the very nature of their qualifications; his views that this is disincentivising persons to study postgraduate diplomas in education at a time when we should be encouraging persons to return to the education system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the tax liability requirements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork following correspondence received from the Revenue Commissioners regarding his or her pension; if tax will be deducted in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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244 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has requested a report from the Irish embassy in Addis Ababa as per her response in Dáil Éireann on 1 December 2011 in relation to the issue of establishing a bilateral agreement with Ethiopia to facilitate inter-country adoptions; when she expects the report to be forthcoming; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason various phases of an estate (details supplied) are obliged to pay the household charge when its final phase was exempted from the fee; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of other estates in the locality in similar unfinished states have been exempted from the charge in their entirety; if there is scope to include the remaining phases of the estate onto the list in view of the reasons outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if any provisions will be made for small schools who can prove that amalgamation will result in students having to travel unreasonable distances; the distance he considers to be a reasonable for a pupil to travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the extra costs involved in the amalgamation of small schools in the form of extra classrooms and school transport arrangements to accommodate new pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the impact that changes to the staffing schedule in small schools 2012 will have on many rural communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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200 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received an update from the Adoption Association of Ireland and the Irish embassy in Ethiopia on the issue of establishing a bilateral agreement with that country as per her statement in Dáil Éireann on 1 December 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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199 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way Common Agriculture Policy reform encourages greater productivity in the food sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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198 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way rural development was provided for in budget 2012; the way this compares to previous budget years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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197 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way he will ensure that the abolition of the milk quota in 2015 will not lead to an over-production of milk; the measures in place to deal with extra milk supply following the move; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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196 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the decrease of €19 million to the REP scheme in recent times, the incentives that now exist to encourage farmers to use environmentally-friendly work practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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195 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the manner in which budget 2012 supported the agricultural export sector; the supports that are available in this context; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which the proposed boundary changes to Dáil constituencies will be announced by the Constituency Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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513 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the sources of funding available from him to assist in the training of persons with learning, physical and sensory, or mental health disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the sources of funding available from him to assist in the training of persons with learning, physical and sensory, or mental health disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the tax liability requirements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork following correspondence received from the Revenue Commissioners regarding their pension; if tax will be deducted in this particular case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the tax liability requirements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork following correspondence received from the Revenue Commissioners regarding their pension; if tax will be deducted in this particular case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the tax liability requirements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork following correspondence received from the Revenue Commissioners regarding their pension; if tax will be deducted in this particular case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the tax liability requirements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork following correspondence received from the Revenue Commissioners regarding their pension; if tax will be deducted in this particular case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the tax liability requirements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork following correspondence received from the Revenue Commissioners regarding their pension; if tax will be deducted in this particular case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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155 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the tax liability requirements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork following correspondence received from the Revenue Commissioners regarding their pension; if tax will be deducted in this particular case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason behind a recent increase in landfill levy rates; when the increase was introduced; the amount by which the levy was increased; the current levy rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Cork will lose a teacher due to budgetary readjustments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current teacher allocation for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is exempt from the universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1017 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of projects planned for the Kinsale and Baltimore areas once the transfer of the functions of Baltimore Harbour Board to Cork County Council has been completed; the total amount of funding which has been ringfenced to provide for such projects; the project name, projected completion date and the corresponding amount of funding being provided for each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1016 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the terms and conditions that exist for sporting organisations that wish to apply for funding under the national lottery programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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831 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if he will issue a report on the latest briefing by the Health Service Executive on the proposed changes to ambulance cover in counties Cork and Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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774 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which the children’s referendum will be held; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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773 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of declarations of eligibility and suitability to adopt that have been issued here since 1 November 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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772 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adoptions that have been effected and registered by Irish couples and persons with a declaration of eligibility and suitability to adopt issued after 1 November 2010 and from which sending countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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697 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will issue an update on the management of the studbook for all Irish draughts and their parentage; the book’s position in respect of the Irish Draught Horse Society; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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530 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on plans for the proposed new Irish water company; the timeline for the setting up and completion of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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529 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of cases that have been identified in west Cork whereby effluent from septic tanks has caused contamination of water supplies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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