114 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 14 December 2011, the number of legal cases taken against County Cork Vocational Education Committee in each of the years since 2000 relating to employment legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 14 December 2011, the number of legal cases taken against County Cork Vocational Education Committee in each of the years since 2000 that have been subject to a court hearing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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513 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for refugee status in respect of a person (detail supplied); when he expects to be able to make a decision on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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512 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for refugee status in respect of a person (details supplied); when he expects to be able to make a decision on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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450 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Castletownbere sewage scheme, County Cork; when the project works will commence; the expected timetable for its completion, if he will confirm that funding will be provided by him to complete the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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449 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the Bandon sewage scheme, County Cork; when he expects the project works to commence; the expected timetable for its completion; if he will confirm that funding will be provided by him to complete the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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243 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will initiate discussions with the Department of Health and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to review the role of school guidance teachers and councillors in their role in providing assistance and advice to pupils regarding their personal health and mental health issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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190 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has examined the role that guidance teachers and councillors employed in schools in providing assistance to pupils regarding their personal health and mental health issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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431 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application by the BIM regional training centre in Castletownbere, County Cork, for the appointment of a suitable qualified captain as an instructor for their training courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the sewage treatment plan for Drimoleague, County Cork; if funding is available to complete this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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155 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are specific rules or regulations which prevent him reclaiming for the public service obligation fund the 35% bonus payments from early terminating AER VI contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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154 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if it was a direct instruction from the European Commission Directorate-General for Competition to allow AER VI projects to terminate early, or his interpretation of a REFIT clause; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the transfer of land by the Industrial Development Agency to Cork County Council to facilitate the DEN project in Dunmanway County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he or his officials have had any discussions with such bodies as IMRO and PPI regarding reducing their fixed charges for commercial premises in view of the downturn in business revenue and footfall in these premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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448 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that a plan has been agreed for the restoration of Reenydonegan Lake, Bantry, County Cork, back to a freshwater lake; the timetable for this work to be carried out; if he will confirm that there is funding in place to complete these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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223 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Education and Skills his response to proposals by Clonakilty Town Council, County Cork, regarding physical education for secondary school students (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the tourists visiting the west Cork region during 2011; the major attractions that they visited; the obstacles he perceives to greater growth of this sector in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funds that have been made available for tourism capital projects over the coming years; if he will provide details of funds that have been committed from such capital funds for projects in the south west region in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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687 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farm payments for 2011 will be paid as soon as possible in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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541 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding septic tanks (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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503 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide more detail on his decision to allow AER VI projects to terminate their 15 year power purchase agreements after the seven and a half years of bonus payments when those companies who eagerly and willingly entered a binding 15 year AER VI power purchase agreement and will have received millions of euro through the 35% front loading mechanism from the PSO fund will now be allowed to terminate their contracts when they should be contributing millions of euro to the PSO fund; if he believes this AER VI decision will deprive electricity consumers of the millions of euro when these contracted companies should be contributing to the PSO fund during the seven and a half year clawback period thus increasing the PSO levy burden on consumers; if he will confirm and clarify if it is the European Commission or he who decided to allow AER VI contracts to be terminated without any repayment to the PSO fund of the 35% bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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348 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is still waiting for their hip replacement operation since August 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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142 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report progress on the development by the Office of Public Works of new facilities to house a forensic science laboratory in Backweston, Celbridge, County Kildare; the timetable for the completion of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the steps that County Cork Vocational Education Committee has taken following a court case (details supplied) to prevent any further occurrences of this practice; if he is satisfied that this practice has now been discontinued; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal cases taken against County Cork Vocational Education Committee, VEC, in each of the years since 2000 relating to employment legislation; the number of these cases in which findings were made against County Cork VEC in each year; the legal costs and penalties in each of these cases for each year to the County Cork VEC; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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31 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the response he has received from the European Commission in relation to the recently published discard atlas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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303 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the services that are provided to the public at a Garda station that is open to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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302 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Commissioner considered in his decision to recommend the closure of Goleen Garda station, County Cork, the known use of the bays, coves and harbours in its operational area that have been used for the illegal importation of illegal substances and contraband; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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301 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Commissioner considered in his decision to recommend the closure of Goleen Garda station, County Cork, the fact that the population in its operational area trebles during the months of May to September and the number of holiday homes and caravans that are empty during the other months of the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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300 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the factors that were considered by the Garda Commissioner in recommending the closure of Goleen Garda station, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 6 April 2011, if he will report on the progress made in providing long-term residential care for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will arrange for the senior official in charge of residential care placement in this area to meet with this person's parents and social workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 10 November 2010, his views on the possible introduction of an online betting tax; if officials in his Department, in conjunction with the Office of the Attorney General, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Justice and Equality have come to any conclusions in their examination of the legal and operational difficulties that have to be overcome before implementation of such a tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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415 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Health if he will review an application for a medical card on medical needs in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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336 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 457 of 8 November 2011, when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their agri-environment options scheme payment; the amount of that payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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325 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 522 of 3 May 2011, if he will now reissue a copy of a letter dated 31 August to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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322 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for single farm payment will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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321 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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306 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when outstanding sheep ewe premium payments will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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183 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reinstate the carer’s allowance that was granted in April 2011 to a person (details supplied) in County Cork, which was returned in error to the Department due to it being delivered to the wrong house; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm whether AER VI-contracted renewable generators will be allowed to leave their 15-year PPA contracts only after the initial 7.5 years of the 35% front-loaded price increase period is complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that REFIT-contracted generators will only receive the public service obligation-funded floor prices for actual metered electricity output — that is, they will not receive the floor price when they are curtailed due to oversupply of electricity to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that electricity generated through the proposed new renewable energy feed-in tariff will not be exported over the interconnector to the UK at a price lower than the REFIT floor price; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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65 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his strategy regarding future plans for the storage of crude oil and oil products here over the next 10 years; the strategic concerns he might have in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his strategy regarding future plans for the refining of oil and oil products here over the next ten years; the strategic concerns he might have in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Social Protection when the application for carer’s allowance will be fully processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when a decision will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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534 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not received any payment for 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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514 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress of an application for an aquaculture licence (details supplied); when this application will be processed; when a decision will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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517 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their single farm payment and headage payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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500 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not been paid their final quarter REP scheme payment for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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