167 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Finance the works being carried out at Shannon Banks, Corbally, Limerick to prevent further flooding of the River Shannon; the estimated cost of these works; when construction will conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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166 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Finance the works planned by the Office of Public Works to prevent flooding at Castleconnell and Montpelier, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Finance his views on the problems associated with the lack of flood insurance or incidences of under insurance in view of recent flooding events and his plans regarding same.
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22 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Finance the details of the various bond options conducted by the National Treasury Management Agency since the beginning of 2008; and the interest rate, duration, and values of issues in each case.
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61 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to increase social housing provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Defence the number of barracks closed since January 2008 which remain unsold; if alternative State uses have been completed for vacant barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 16 September 2009, if she will fulfil the commitment made to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that even though an appointment for 26 November 2009 in a hospital was arranged for them under the National Treatment Purchase Fund scheme, the NTPF has informed the person that no new case authorisation numbers are being issued and the surgery is being deferred; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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181 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the appointment of additional rheumatologists; when additional rheumatologists will be appointed in Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the International Monetary Fund’s opinion that Ireland is the most expensive country in the Eurozone for business; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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65 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to review the guidelines for assessing a person under the habitual residence condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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818 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when responsibility for the rent allowance scheme will be transferred from the Department of Health and Children and the Health Service Executive to the Department of Social and Family Affairs; if the scheme will be amended; if the amendments will include a role for the Department of Social and Family Affairs in monitoring the behaviour of tenants; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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292 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science when permission to proceed to tender will be given to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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448 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on an appeal lodged by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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310 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction a programme of refurbishment and development at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick forwarded to his Department by the board of management of the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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407 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will revise the terms of Circular SHIP 2009/01 to ensure continuance of private sector involvement in the management of social housing investment programme projects; if his attention has been drawn to the adverse impact on regeneration projects of the failure to involve private architects who have been involved in their original planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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359 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Defence the arrangements which are in place to supply fresh bottled water to Irish troops serving in Chad; if these arrangements are being discontinued; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Health and Children if she has replied to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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317 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in respect of their illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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436 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in appointing a third geriatrician to the Limerick region; if, in sanctioning this appointment, she will sanction the necessary support staff to provide a full geriatric service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the coordination that exists between his Department and the Department of Social and Family Affairs in respect of criminals subject to investigation by An Garda Síochána and the Criminal Assets Bureau receiving social welfare payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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913 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on an appeal in respect of an application for carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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336 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick is not included on the National Treatment Purchase Fund list for surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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586 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a tourist visa will be granted to a person (details supplied) to visit Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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569 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science if school bus transport will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements being put in pace to enable families who wish to apply for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance in 2009; when details of the scheme will be advertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the International Monetary Fund view that Ireland is the most expensive country in the eurozone for business; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will authorise a person (details supplied) in County Limerick to travel to the UK to renew their Thai passport and return to reside here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Health and Children the plans of the Health Service Executive for long-term residential care and respite beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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291 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if, in view of their background, he will reconsider their application for political asylum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to support or grant aid the small primary or secondary meat processing sector in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the public procurement system operates unfairly against small contractors in so far as the pre-qualification regime and marking system used ensures that the order of pre-qualification generally reflects the size of the companies seeking to pre-qualify; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that since the recession in the construction industry, larger companies are tendering for relatively small contracts and that as smaller contractors cannot pre-qualify they are being put out of business; if he will examine the marking system used to pre-qualify companies for tender purposes and revise it in order that smaller contractors are not discriminated against on the basis of size; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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211 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is currently no paediatric occupational therapist available within primary care in the mid-western region of the Health Service Executive and that while the post has been interviewed and panelled the filling of same has been delayed as a result of the moratorium; the way a patient in need of paediatric occupational therapy in the region may access this treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Defence the costs incurred in relation to the army barracks closed in 2009 to date; the breakdown of the costs per barracks and per heading, including evacuation, moving, maintenance, travel, security and all other costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the protocol for the registration of building energy rating assessors in order that persons who have passed the necessary examinations may be registered prior to the issuing of certificates to them by FETAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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616 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will assist in securing a suitable place in a post-primary school for a pupil (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in implementing the objectives of the national positive ageing strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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281 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will arrange a place in a special facility in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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275 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will explain the circumstances which led to the loss of a teacher at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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274 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will reverse the decision to abolish two full-time teaching posts and to suppress posts of responsibility at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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273 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress made on the application for a new school building by the management of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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272 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress made on the application for a new school building by the management of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on whether there is duplication of policy functions between her Department and its supporting agencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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171 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Health and Children the requirements, arising from the budgetary announcement that free pre-school places would be provided for one year for all children under four years of age, she is placing on private sector pre-schools to provide places; the number of children being allocated to each school; the number of hours per day that need to be provided; the payment per child per week being offered; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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553 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment of grants under the farm waste management scheme and the farm improvement scheme will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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386 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if State papers from the former Department of Fisheries dealing with the pollution of lakes in the midlands in the 1970s are available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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277 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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497 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will contact his EU colleagues and seek their support for the Mexican position being advocated at the UN Security Council on the conflict in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the arrangements that have been made with regard to remuneration for staff in her Department and agencies who are engaged in strike action or other industrial action; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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443 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to an application to his Department under the emergency works scheme by a school (details supplied) in County Limerick for the provision of a boundary wall and fence around the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1012 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science if the pension levy applies to persons employed at the Limerick Institute of Technology under fixed term contacts where the State does not contribute to their pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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