184 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason there are so many hip replacements carried out under the national treatment purchase fund when other patients are waiting for an orthopaedic outpatients appointment for between three and five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which 45% of hip replacements were carried out in the same hospital under the national treatment purchase fund, which was established to carry out procedures that could not be carried out in the public sector to be carried out in the private sector, where the patients name was on a waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of new swimming pools, constructed since 2002, aided by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the timescale for the implementation of the PricewaterhouseCoopers report on the regional tourism authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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361 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on a visa application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of occasions on which he has met with the An Post management and the workforce in An Post; the best options for the future development of the postal services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the areas or regions throughout Ireland which do not have availability of broadband for the business sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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447 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science if a cap on the number of students to colleges of education to train as primary teachers will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science the services available for students with disabilities in the institutes of technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of students who requested the use of a scribe in completing their leaving certificate examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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211 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Land Registry office will finalise the land issue for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick.
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118 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if revisions of the EU neighbourhood policy are completed; if discussions with Egypt and Lebanon have been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of personnel employed in his Department to work on overseas development aid matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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458 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider granting an extension of the visa for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick.
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415 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the force majeure or exceptional circumstances appeal regarding the refusal of a single payment for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick.
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283 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recommendation of the Joint Committee on Health and Children that the orthodontic programme initiated by a doctor (details supplied) in Limerick should be restored and become the template for a national programme; if she will ensure that persons involved in this programme will not have their careers adversely affected by previous conflicts with her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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204 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the allocation of entitlements under the national reserve; when the entitlements will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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140 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science the education grants which are available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the 3% reduction for modulation in the single farm payment may be availed of by a person in receipt of the payment; the programmes in rural areas which may draw financial assistance from this fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1145 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the dispute involving the transport of children to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick has not yet been resolved; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that the practice and precedent of recent years has been broken and that first year students who would have been offered transport in recent years are now being deprived of the facility; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that the parents involved are demanding the maintenance of the status quo rather than any new concession; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1138 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on the establishment of a postgraduate medical school at the University of Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1128 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that for some years school transport was provided to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick for children outside the catchment area of that school resident in Mungret and Clarina, County Limerick; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that six first year students have been refused this facility in 2005; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that the service is provided in a 24-seater bus which never carries more than 13 children; if she will restore the service to the six children in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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797 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Transport when the next recruitment campaign will take place for driving test examiners; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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718 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in view of the changes he is making to the back to education scheme, he will reconsider the hardship caused to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if he will consider backdating the date of implementation of his changes to include this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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271 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has made arrangements for the implementation of the national repayment scheme to persons in nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he is concentrating his efforts on dealing with consistent poverty and not relative income poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he does not accept that approximately 230,000 children live in relative poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the development of a national strategy for carers in consultation with the Carers Association; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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31 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether concerns expressed regarding the usability of his Department’s website have been fully addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if compensation will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork for the slaughter of two reactors; if she will waive any legal costs incurred by her Department for cases involving the first animal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Transport his preferred option for the future management of the Great Southern hotels and Aer Rianta International; if a decision has been taken in relation to both these entities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Transport if it remains his intention to legislate for random breath-testing of motorists; when such legislation will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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514 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science when the assessment being conducted by her Department into the possible demand for a gaelcholáiste in Limerick will be completed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a very well-attended public meeting in support of a gaelcholáiste there was a unanimous view that such a school should be sanctioned in the coming months commencing in temporary accommodation in September 2006, and that permanent site for such a school should be acquired as a priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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474 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) for permission to remain in the State based on parentage of an Irish citizen child; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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473 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for a student visa by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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195 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when BreastCheck will be extended to Limerick and the mid-west region; if the Health Service Executive will be instructed to enter into a contact arrangement with Barrington’s Hospital private clinic for the use of their mammographer by public patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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154 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will deliver legislation for clear statutory provisions on entitlement to health services to fulfil action 36 of the national health strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason actions 36 and 42 of the national health strategy have not been fulfilled; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Iarnród Éireann intends to discontinue the transfer of maritime containers from Colbert Station, Limerick; if this decision will have a serious impact on traffic through the ports of Limerick and Foynes; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that a serious additional burden of traffic will be placed on the roads of the region as a result of this decision; if he will consult with Iarnród Éireann with a view to its reversing this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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309 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements she is making to ensure that a complete range of suitable textbooks is available for students in Gaelscoileanna and Gaelcholáistí; her views on whether An Gúm should play a part in the provision of such texts; if she is satisfied that An Gúm is adequately staffed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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294 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider the decision regarding an appeal by a person (details supplied) for visas for their spouse and child; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, further to his recent announcement relating to a proposed increase in wind generated electricity to 13% of the national requirement, if he has in mind any similar proposals in regard to other alternatives in respect of electricity production with particular reference to biofuels, biomass, woodchip and wave energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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838 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Defence if the findings of the inquiry into a person (details supplied) in County Limerick indicate that the naval authorities were guilty of contributory negligence in the person’s death; if the apology promised to this person’s family by a representative of the naval authorities should now be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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786 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the prospective decline in the number of primary school students in Southhill parish and Our Lady Queen of Peace parish, Janesboro, County Limerick, and the application by schools in the area to change their status, she will review the provision of primary education in these parishes and take the views of all the education partners into account in bringing forward an agreed solution to the emerging problems; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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681 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the widespread discontent and opposition to her proposals for assistance for children with educational disability in primary schools; if she will consider reinstating one-to-one teaching assistance for children with mild and border line disabilities and for children with specific learning disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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615 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the headline offences recorded and detailed for Newcastle West, Rathkeale and Bruff within the Limerick division for the years 2000 and 2004.
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96 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science when the Grangegorman Development Authority will begin its work; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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236 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason there has been a delay of over two years for a psychological assessment for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick.
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72 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government continues to make representations on behalf of detained pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Sun Kyi in Burma; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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25 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) now resident in an orphanage in Indonesia; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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