204 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 10 May 2011, if he intends to review the legislative position in relation to awarding members of An Garda Síochána a special status and protection in view of the recent incident whereby a male Garda based in Kilmainham Garda station was attacked and burned while responding to a domestic incident; if he will take appropriate action in view of the seriousness of the incident; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown in the allocation of funding for the national lottery in respect of each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011, to specify the amount of funding allocated to the fund each year; the amount of funding administered to individual recipient programmes per year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the role that the National Asset Management Agency has once it has taken over a company and acquired its assets in terms of the discharge and management of debts that the company had prior to its take-over by the agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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594 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on the outpatient waiting list at Cork University Hospital awaiting an appointment for a future date; if he will specify in tabular form the numbers of patients who have been awaiting an appointment for less than three months, for three to six months, for six to 12 months, and for 12 months and more; if he will provide a breakdown of the number on the waiting list per each hospital department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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588 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the number of registered agencies which administer treatment and funding for drugs-related purposes; if he will provide a breakdown of each agency’s name, location, total number of staff and the amount of funding it received in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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262 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the planned amalgamation of three post primary schools (details supplied) in County Cork; if funding is still available for this project; the expected timescale for the commencement of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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256 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the number of special needs assistants in County Cork who will lose their jobs as a result of the decision to cap numbers of whole-time equivalent SNAs to 10,575; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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222 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost of renting prefabs in primary and secondary schools in 2009, 2010 and 2011 separately; the exact number of school prefab contracts to which the State is tied in 2011 and when each individual contract will expire in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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138 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the number of semi-State companies that paid bonuses to second-tier management staff in 2009, 2010 and 2011 separately; the amount of each bonus paid; the corresponding company; the name of bonus recipient; the date on which the bonus was paid in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the number of semi-State companies here that paid bonus payments to their chief executive officer in 2009 and 2010 separately; the amount of each bonus payment; the corresponding company name; the name of the bonus recipient; the date the bonus was paid in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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176 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 385 of 21 June 2011, if the Health Service Executive identified any nurses who were in breach of various registration requirements; if so, the number of nurses who were non-compliant in this way; if he will provide a breakdown of the locations at which each nurse was based at the time of the investigation; the requirements they did not satisfy and the steps that have been taken since then in each individual case to correct this problem
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161 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 5 April 2011, if Cork County Council has submitted forms to him which were needed to process the Bandon wastewater treatment and sewerage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of savings made by her in 2008, 2009 and 2010 separately as a result of welfare anti-fraud measures in tabular form; the steps that are currently underway to address welfare fraud; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance if he will issue a progress report on the Bandon flood relief scheme in County Cork; the timescale for the completion of the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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359 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times in 2009 and 2010 that members of An Garda Síochána have been called to accident and emergency departments in hospitals to diffuse situations which have arisen and warranted garda assistance; the number of incidents which have broken out per hospital per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a definite date on which the fair deal scheme will resume; the number of persons covered by the west Cork Health Service Executive local health office area who are waiting to get into the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the number and percentages of reduction in staff in the following grades, namely, nursing, medical-dental, general support staff, management-administration, health and social care professionals and other patient and client care staff for the period 3 March 2010 to 31 March 2011; the expenditure for overtime, agency staff and retired staff regarding those employed for the following grades nursing, medical-dental, general support staff, management-administration, health and social care professionals and other patient and client care staff for the period 3 March 2010 to 31 March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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385 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if a national investigation wherein he promised to examine the number of unregistered nurses working in the Health Service Executive has begun; the scope and reach of the investigation in terms of the healthcare facilities that will be looked at and in terms of the actual timescale that will be studied; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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379 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the number of certified non-consultant hospital doctor posts in the country’s hospitals at present; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of vacancies per hospital; the length of time each post has been vacant; the discipline or department in which each vacancy exists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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334 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Amendment) Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has had their supplementary welfare payment withdrawn; if she will reinstate the payment in view of the fact that they have been in receipt of it for three years and their circumstances have not changed since then; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of errors on each leaving certificate paper that have come to light during the exam and were notified to students for each of the past three years; the procedures he is putting in place to ensure that exam papers are error-free; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance when he expects the promised two universal full service domestic banks to be fully operational; when the re-structuring process of Irish Life & Permanent is expected to be complete; if he will publish a progress report on the planned re-organisation of the banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 14 April 2011, if he will issue a progress report on his plans to close the FÁS programme; if it is still his intention to dismantle the programme; if so, when he expects this process to begin; the status of the review he is carrying out into the provision of training and education structures and activities by FÁS; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the training of apprentices in institutes of technology or other third level institutions in view of the decline in uptake of same.
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212 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed changes to the school bus system affecting a school (details supplied) in County Cork.
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185 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been reached regarding the number of home school community liaison hours allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Cork for the 2011 and 2012 academic years; if he will give an indication of the number of hours allowed in order that the college can commence allocation of hours for the timetable for the next school year; 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 the arrangements in place for a school (details supplied) in County Cork regarding the bus service.
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52 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a progress report on plans to dredge the Bandon river, County Cork; if funding has been sanctioned to Cork County Council to enable such works to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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209 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in dealing with an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in the processing of medical cards for those over 70 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in view of the fact that all final documentation was submitted on 5 April 2011 and no decision has issued to date.
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183 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health and Children if negotiations are under way with Health Service Executive south to address the problems faced by child and adolescent diabetes sufferers in County Cork in terms of accessing services; his plans to re-organise diabetic paediatric services in the eight networks nationwide in order that more intensive services can be accessed locally instead of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way development charges, as levied by local authorities on the granting of planning permission for one-off houses, are spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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227 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a progress report on a planned sewerage scheme for the Skibbereen area; a timescale for completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a progress report on plans for a high-speed broadband connection scheme in Skibbereen, County Cork; the timescale for the completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views regarding a school bus service (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that parents in the area are willing to pay for the service if it is available to them and if the particular service can be maintained on the basis that it will have the minimum numbers required to maintain the service in 2012.
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101 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a progress report on plans for a flood relief scheme in Skibbereen, County Cork; the timescale for the completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the total number of filling stations here in 2001, 2006 and 2011 separately; and the number of these that were supermarket filling stations.
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446 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the streams of funding available for international sporting events here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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429 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs that hauliers are obliged to pay in Ireland in tabular form; his plans to ease the financial burden on hauliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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322 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is no longer possible to complete a full skipper ticket at the BIM training centre in Castletownbere, County Cork, following the loss of a teacher in the college; the reasons the individual post has been vacated; the circumstances under which the post can be re-filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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317 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are any vacancies, temporary or permanent, in its functions in Castletownbere, County Cork, and the application process for persons interested in such vacancies.
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235 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of bonds that have been called in by all local authorities relating to unfinished estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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209 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport his arts strategy for the next year; the timeline for its implementation; the steps he is taking to ensure that funding in his Department is being ring-fenced to support various art projects and groups of both a national and local nature; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it is a ministerial function to appoint all members to the boards of institutes of technology; if he will furnish a breakdown of board membership in respect of Cork, Tralee and Waterford ITs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will issue a progress report on a new school (details supplied) planned for County Cork; when work on the project will commence; and if he will explain his position on the issue in view of the fact that the matter is now in its 14th year.
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74 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the number of registered moneylenders here; the number of licences granted to moneylenders in 2008, 2009 and 2010 separately; his role in terms of auditing and overseeing such companies; the criterion necessary to establish as a moneylending organisation here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm if the vocational educational committees are subject to the Freedom of Information Act; and if this is not the case, the reason for same.
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