198 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Health and Children when the project for the restructuring and rebuilding of the psychiatric unit known as 5B at the Mid-West Regional Hospital will proceed; when planning permission was obtained; the amount of money allocated to the project; when the project will go to tender; when she envisages the unit will be completed and commissioned; and if she will make a statement of the circumstances which gave rise to the decision to proceed with the project in the first instance.
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108 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take on foot of the report from the Environmental Protection Agency which shows one in ten householders admit to backyard burning; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the Government’s campaign to close Sellafield; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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254 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the second phase of the farm waste plastic scheme does not operate in County Limerick; if his attention has been drawn to the waste plastic backlog in the county and the inadequacy of the only landfill site available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Transport the situation regarding parking capacities at the Rush and Lusk, Portmarnock, Skerries, Balbriggan and Malahide train stations; his plans to expand these facilities in view of the significant growth in population in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether the proposed Irish Rail interconnector tunnel will be completed by 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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214 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding proposals to upgrade and extend Henry Street Garda Station in Limerick; the new facilities which will be provided; when the project will be put out to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Health and Children the private facilities being used to treat public patients; if access is unlimited or if there are restrictions on access; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of State funding spent on staging the Ryder Cup in September 2006 in the K-Club, Co. Kildare, including tourism and Fáilte Ireland, the various Government Departments including Environment, Heritage and Local Government; if an evaluation has been carried out on the cost and benefit of the event; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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250 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on grant aiding the development of a community enterprise centre (details supplied) from the Dormant Accounts Fund or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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228 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the plans of a society (details supplied) to develop a community enterprise centre; if he will approach Enterprise Ireland to increase the grant in aid which they have already committed to the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí by rank in the Limerick division; the stations to which they are attached; the way the numbers have changed in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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164 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Government will appoint an additional Assistant Garda Commissioner to take charge of the force in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Garda horse patrols and dog patrols take place in Limerick; the stations to which they are attached; the method, frequency and locality of the patrols; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps taken to work toward the development of new EU battlegroup formations along with Ireland’s European counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science the ages at which standardised testing at primary level will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools to receive funding under the DEIS scheme; when such funding will come on stream; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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190 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who has applied for residency here and has submitted all the appropriate documentation in support of their residency claim.
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96 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Finance the circumstances in which a gift to a serving Minister will be deemed to be a conflict of interest under the purposed new amendment to rules governing ethics in public offices.
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518 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science if a special needs teacher will be assigned to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick whose special needs assistant has been discontinued since they transferred to a new primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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517 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science when permanent accommodation will be provided for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22; if funding will be provided for this project in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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170 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the World Trade Organisation talks; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if Irish beef may be exported to China without restriction; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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120 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if assistance is available from the State or any of its agencies, to a person, who wishes to establish a restaurant to promote Irish food in China; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Defence the position with regard to decentralisation as it impacts on his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will explain his decision not to subsume Shannon Development into Enterprise Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the nature of his Department’s input into the Government’s Green Paper on energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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353 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of paediatric cardiologists employed by the Health Service Executive; the hospitals to which they are attached; her views on whether the number of paediatric cardiologists for the child population here is short of best international practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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229 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for dual citizenship by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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138 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he agrees with the views of the Combat Poverty Agency (details supplied) that there have been problems regarding the effective implementation of the Governments poverty strategies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the new education, training and employment support measures to be introduced to enable lone parents to return to the workforce under the parental allowance will also be available to older women who have been out of the workforce for a lengthy period of time as a result of care and family duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the scope of development levies should be widened to allow developers provide for facilities such as education and healthcare for new communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has plans to adopt a green procurement policy to encourage the growth of hybrid vehicles, renewable heating technology, recycled goods and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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482 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science if the number of hours of resource teaching allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be increased from three and a half hours per week to five hours per week, in view of the fact that they have a severe disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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356 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will establish a passport office in Limerick; if his attention has been drawn to the inconvenience and difficulty experienced by applicants in travelling to Cork or Dublin for passports required at short notice; if his further attention has been drawn to the desirability of a passport office in close proximity to Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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348 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason a company (details supplied) are not being allowed to proceed to tender for the provision of broadband in eight locations in the region; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the alternative wireless methodology of delivering broadband serviced is considered inferior to what was previously agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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219 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for Irish citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Transport if it is envisaged that the promised regulator for the Dublin Bus market will be based in the promised Transport Authority.
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701 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Health and Children if pension credit will be allowed to general practitioners for the years they served as temporary DMOs, and for the years they worked in the fee per item scheme and in the capitation scheme when it was not possible to make contributions; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many general practitioners have inadequate pensions due to the limited number of years for which it was possible for them to make such contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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285 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an extension of a holiday visa will be granted to a Bulgarian national (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the total cost of the introduction of postcodes; the revenue expected to be generated therefrom in a single year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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714 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure an early and favourable adjudication on appeals by persons (details supplied) in County Limerick to the terms of fixed term teaching contracts they have been offered to ensure their contract of indefinite duration offers them 22 hours teaching per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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535 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if permission will be granted to a person (details supplied) to allocate milk quota to a portion of their farm which they intend selling; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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504 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if compensation will be paid to poultry farmers who destroyed stock on the advice of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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312 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has responsibility for the maintenance of streams adjoining the Mulcair and Bilboa Rivers at Cappamore, County Limerick; if so, if the weed which is blocking such a stream at Cappamore Village between the residents of persons (details supplied) will be cleared; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps her Department is taking to ensure that all primary and secondary school-going children will have a school place from September 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the timescale for the decentralisation of divisions within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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17 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the political and security situation in East Timor; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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