438 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied with the settlement agreed by Mayo County Council on the 7 July 2010 allowing a continuance of operations for an unauthorised quarry development on a limestone pavement, adjacent to an ecologically valuable, historical, semi-natural woodland, which has previously been refused planning permission by Mayo County Council and An Bord Pleanála, with the five-year timeframe from the initial enforcement complaint to court action by Mayo County Council.
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437 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied with the settlement agreed by Mayo County Council on the 7 July 2010 allowing a continuance of operations for an unauthorised quarry development on a limestone pavement, adjacent to a ecologically valuable, historical, semi-natural woodland, which has previously been refused planning permission by Mayo County Council and An Bord Pleanála.
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408 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be approved and paid the one-parent family allowance.
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322 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 19 October 2010, if he will detail what a visa transaction is; the number of persons granted visas to enable them to enter Ireland for the purpose of attending a full-time higher education course in each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010.
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263 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children if a person over 70 years of age who holds a medical card is required to pay their general practitioner for some services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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260 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card holder who requires a certificate to apply for a driving licence is required to pay the general practitioner for this documentation.
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253 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children if the home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can be reviewed and restored to their original amount.
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148 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo to purchase equipment.
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144 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that the statistical information on the country of origin of students at full-time higher education colleges here, as published by the Higher Education Authority, is accurate and comprehensive; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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143 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 19 October 2010, if she will clarify the discrepancy between the figures given by her for full-time overseas students as given to her by Enterprise Ireland at 26,000 in 2009 and the statistical data published by the Higher Education Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide details on his plans to extend the rural social scheme and the community services programme at no additional cost; the number of new places that will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection his Department’s fraud savings target for 2010; the amount that has been saved to date
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45 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals being processed; the average waiting time to process social welfare appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the costs associated with the work placement programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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554 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the cost to his Department of redundancy payments for each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010.
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553 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of individuals who were given redundancy payments by his Department in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010.
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550 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in many companies which go into liquidation, there can be long delays in submitting claims for redundancy payments on behalf of employees who have lost their jobs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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549 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will confirm that there is an eight month delay from date of receipt of redundancy payments in his Department until payment is made to the person; his views on this delay and the measures he proposes to reduce this waiting time.
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417 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection the premises out of which the Citizens Information Board operates; the total number of locations; the cost of these premises’ rent or other on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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416 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection the budget available to the Citizens Information Board for the following years: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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415 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons employed at the Citizens Information Board for the following years: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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414 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection the full role and responsibilities of the Citizens Information Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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408 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for carer’s allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo.
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404 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to extend the rural social scheme and the community services programme at no additional cost; the number of new places that will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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325 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for treatment.
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188 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities are sending out notifications to advise when payment is due in respect of the non-principal private residence, NPPR, charge; if notifications were sent out for 2010; if it is standard procedure for local authorities to send out reminders when the NPPR charge is due; if there is a system in place to send out notices to person’s to advise of the imminent NPPR, and if there is any obligation on the local authorities to issue these reminders.
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159 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff working in the Department of Social Protection for the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection the date on which the General Register Office was transferred from the Department of Health and Children to the Department of Social Protection; the number of persons involved in this transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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259 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the outcome of an appeal relating to a suckler cow welfare scheme application on 2008 born animals, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo.
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215 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who is receiving the back to work enterprise allowance will be paid a grant under the technical assistance and training fund.
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532 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs when a full and detailed response will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo.
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506 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when persons (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their disadvantaged area scheme payment for 2010 following the ground inspection of their lands.
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495 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason an appeal was refused when substantive evidence was provided to support the appeal (details supplied); if the decision to disallow the appeal can be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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493 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way an overpayment has arisen in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and the reason this person was only notified of this overpayment in October 2010 even though it relates to the 2007 single payment scheme.
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489 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payments will issue to applicants under the new agri-environment options scheme; the number of applicants who will receive the maximum payment rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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394 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection when a jobseeker’s allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo.
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379 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who is receiving the back to work enterprise allowance will be awarded a grant under the technical assistance and training fund.
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376 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection when jobseeker’s benefit will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo.
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375 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons, on a county basis, who are currently in receipt of rent allowance and confirm the average payment made in each county; the annual cost to the Department by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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374 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection the checks, if any, carried out on applicants of rent allowance to ensure that there is no issue regarding anti-social behaviour in previous tenancies and to ensure that the applicants or members of the household are not already in receipt of rent allowance elsewhere concurrently.
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355 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of persons from outside the EU who have been given entry visas to Ireland in order to pursue a full time course of studies here in each of the past five years.
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275 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made by the Health Service Executive on an appeal for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo.
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271 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of appeals officers within Health Service Executive West dealing with appeals regarding medical cards, social welfare allowances and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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270 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children to ascertain from the Health Service Executive West the number of appeals lodged with the appeals officer for each month and to date in 2010; the categories of decision being appealed, such as medical cards or social welfare allowances; the number of those appeals that have been dealt with, and the number that were successful; the number of appeals currently outstanding; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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269 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children to ascertain from the Health Service Executive West the length of time it is taking for appeals lodged with the appeals officer to be dealt with; the plans the HSE has to address the backlog of appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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268 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will ascertain from the Health Service Executive West the number of appeals that were lodged with an appeals officer in 2009; the number that were dealt with and of those the number that were successful or unsuccessful, on a monthly basis in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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267 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will ascertain from the Health Service Executive when a decision will be made on an appeal for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo.
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252 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will issue on a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo.
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174 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the agencies that are funded or part funded by her Department to promote Ireland as a place of study for students at higher education colleges; the countries in which they operate; the level of funding awarded to each of these agencies in each of the past five years; the volume of students who have been recruited to come to Ireland by these agencies and if she has satisfied herself that the expenditure has been well spent.
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173 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of students at higher education colleges who are classified as non-EU nationals and pay fees accordingly, even though they may be long-term residents here and their parents are taxpayers
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