93 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the cost to his Department of sign replacement resulting from the requirement of the Department and all agencies and bodies under the Department’s remit to replace signs which were in place prior to March 2009 where the existing signs in Irish did not or would not meet the requirements in terms of Irish text required by 2012.
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92 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of retired public servants employed on short-term contracts by his Department and by all bodies under its aegis, and the total cost of that employment for all purposes, including interview boards, in the period 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010.
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86 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Taoiseach the number of retired public servants employed on short-term contracts by his Department and by all bodies under its aegis, and the total cost of that employment for all purposes, including interview boards, in the period 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010.
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65 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to exempt owners who bought homes under the affordable housing and shared ownership schemes prior to 2009 from the clawback charge to the county council in line with the exemption granted to those who bought post 2009.
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41 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any funding schemes in place to fund a music programme for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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446 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of agencies, authorities and other bodies coming within his Department’s remit that operate independent payroll systems and the reason such a function could not be provided by the Department.
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419 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason behind precluding children suffering from autism who attend mainstream schools from accessing school-based speech therapy services and if consideration could be given to reviewing this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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353 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of agencies, authorities and other bodies coming within her Department’s remit that operate independent payroll systems and the reason such a function could not be provided by her Department.
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348 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of agencies, authorities and other bodies coming within his Department’s remit that operate independent payroll systems and the reason such a function could not be provided by his Department.
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315 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Defence the number of agencies, authorities and other bodies coming within his Department’s remit that operate independent payroll systems and the reason such a function could not be provided by his Department.
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272 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of agencies, authorities and other bodies coming within the Department’s remit that operate independent payroll systems and the reason such a function could not be provided by the Department.
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246 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of agencies, authorities and other bodies coming within his Department’s remit that operate independent payroll systems and the reason such a function could not be provided by his Department.
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217 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of agencies, authorities and other bodies coming within his Department’s remit that operate independent payroll systems; and the reason such a function could not be provided by his Department.
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213 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of agencies, authorities and other bodies coming within the Department’s remit that operate independent payroll systems and the reason such a function could not be provided by the Department.
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179 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of agencies, authorities and other bodies coming within his Department’s remit that operate independent payroll systems; and the reason such a function could not be provided by his Department.
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173 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to replace or put in place a similar scheme to the employment subsidy scheme temporary that closed in March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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164 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress report on efforts to secure a post-primary class in a local school to provide for special need children due to leave a school (details supplied) over the next number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of agencies, authorities and other bodies coming within his Department’s remit that operate independent payroll systems; and the reason such a function could not be provided by his Department
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165 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond positively, even if only in principle at this stage, to the proposal (details supplied) for an academy for children with autism run on the ABA system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of agencies, authorities and other bodies coming within his Department’s remit that operate independent payroll systems and the reason such a function could not be provided by his Department.
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92 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will ensure a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 has their orthodontic treatment completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when he will sign the commencement order of the remaining section of the Multi-Unit Developments Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will comply with the recommendation of the Ombudsman in respect of the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to bring forward legislation to amend the Private Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to deal with deficiencies in the original Act which have become apparent over time; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if non-teaching school staff who are not either fully or partly-funded from the Exchequer are also subject to the pay cuts introduced for Exchequer-funded posts under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce legislation to give equal tax status to persons who entered civil partnership agreements overseas who have legal recognition here but yet are treated as strangers under the tax code; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children in respect of the early childhood care and education scheme when the age of the child would preclude them from availing of the scheme, for instance when the child is 3 years 2 months on the designated date, some flexibility could be allowed to permit such children to avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will reverse the decision which disallowed the flexibility for children with a disability to avail of their entitlement to preschool hours over a two year period in view of the fact that in many cases they are simply unable to avail of the three hours available to the majority of children; his views that this flexibility is absolutely essential to ensure that the children who need it most can avail of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the difficult financial situation for all new homeowners, he will, as a matter of urgency, introduce legislation to exempt owners who bought homes under the affordable housing and shared ownership schemes from the claw-back charge by the county councils in line with the exemption granted to those who bought post 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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53 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a grant application for inclusion in the summer works scheme in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the directive requiring a 5% cut in pay for low paid school-based non-teaching staff considering in most cases, and certainly in private schools, the pay levels for caretakers, secretaries and so on have no implications for the public purse; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if consideration is being given to the impact of escalating oil prices on the transport industry; if any temporary taxation adjustments or other measures are being considered in view of the high knock-on effects of ever rising fuel costs for all businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Anglo Irish Bank is tendering for new IT systems and the way this can be justified in view of the stated intention to wind down that bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if all 14 of the candidates selected for the OPW/RIAI architectural graduate training scheme will be offered positions considering seven applicants are yet to be offered positions, though the start deadline is March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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343 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if the drug Herceptin is available to cancer patients on a needs basis or if there is a finite budget for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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304 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will ensure that the seven school leavers from a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will in fact have a day service available to them next September; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the circumstances of the commissioning of a report (details supplied); the actual authors of this report; when it was commissioned and by whom; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will reassess the suitability of adopting parents who have already been assessed either by Pact, Cunamh or the Adoption Authority; if the existing recommendations based on these cases will be endorsed, or failing that, if these cases will be fast-tracked; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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176 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing a redundancy claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14; if he will confirm that he has received the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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175 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the current average delay for applicants waiting for the processing of a redundancy claim by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is reasonable to enforce a 5% cut on individuals who are not public servants as has happened in the case of low paid school caretakers and secretaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider re-evaluating or withdrawing circular 70 which classifies low paid school caretakers and secretaries, who are currently not public servants, as public servants solely for the purposes of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009; the reason this measure was taken; if this measure sets a precedent that can be acted upon in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the savings that will be achieved through the Croke Park agreement within his Department and its agencies.
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202 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the numbers employed in the Health Service Executive in September 2009 and September 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm in writing the verbal commitment given by her Department to fund the rent for a property at a location (details supplied) to provide the urgently required replacement school; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if it is possible to apply the new stamp duty measures or a reduced stamp duty retrospectively to the few persons who purchased their homes in the month prior to the budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the Naval Service resources are being effectively used in combating drug trafficking through the joint task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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295 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide emergency funding to local authorities for distribution to the prevention of cruelty to animals nationwide or to deal with the many starving, abandoned or neglected horses around the country who during the snowy period have virtually no access even to grazing sustenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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294 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the urgently required animal protection and welfare legislation is ready for publication and if it places responsibility for equine welfare firmly with the Department as the current divided role between the Department and local authorities is not working to protect horses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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293 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide emergency funding to the various societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals nationwide or to local authorities to deal with the many starving, abandoned or neglected horses around the country who during the snowy period have virtually no access even to grazing sustenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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