176 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if, as a matter of urgency, she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 has the additional supports sanctioned so that they can avail of a placement offered in a hospital.
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31 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children, further to her decision to hire an additional 270 social workers, the number that have been recruited to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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255 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure in any reorganisation of community employment schemes, FÁS training or unemployment benefit that front-line services are protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the ability of persons currently training under a community employment scheme to continue in that training is not impacted by a reduction in their qualification for unemployment or other benefits; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1740 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will reconsider the refusal of a green card to a person (details supplied) who meets all of the qualification criteria and whose entry visa is essential to job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1211 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a reduced fee, that is less than the €80 required for a ten-year passport, could be applied to those who are within a few years of reaching 65 when they are entitled to a free passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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927 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if, in view of the high levels of unemployment and forced emigration, he will consider the introduction of legislation which would allow, in specified circumstances recommended by the Law Reform Commission, convictions to be removed from a person’s record; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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911 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to introduce a distinct redress scheme as requested by the Justice for Magdalenes Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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910 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to introduce legislation to provide for the enforcement of maintenance orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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790 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce a nationwide foot screening programme for persons suffering from diabetes as recommended by the expert advisory group in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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638 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a family (details supplied) in County Dublin will be reimbursed in a timely manner for essential appliances; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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637 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason it is taking more than 12 months to reimburse patients for surgical appliances under the drugs payment scheme; the reason it is necessary for patients to pay the pharmacist and reclaim the money rather than have this scheme on-line with the rest of the drugs payment scheme; the reason that refunds under the scheme cannot be dealt with in a more efficient manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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612 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will a progress report on the new dialysis unit at Castlebar, County Mayo; if it is possible to fast-track the provision of that facility; if her attention has been drawn to the health implications of the long distances to be travelled by elderly Mayo patients forced to obtain treatment in Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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603 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with her counterparts in Europe on the reform of the operation of the European Health Insurance Card reimbursement; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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596 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if it is policy to provide breast-feeding facilities for nursing mothers in all new and refurbished Health Service Executive buildings where queuing occurs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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573 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will deal with the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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300 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will change the rule whereby in some circumstances, married persons (details supplied) in Dublin 14 though living independently with their spouse and child, are assessed for mature student third level grant aid on the basis of their parents’ income; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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267 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the shortfall in secondary school places in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 16 and if she has any plans to deal with the unmet demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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301 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements that were made for the education of the 24 children who turned up to start school at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 and were told that there was not a place for them there; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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254 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 in order to meet the demands of the increasing population; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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191 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the Knocklyon area of County Dublin has been included in the 40 locations of highest population growth in which school accommodation requirements are being examined; and if it has been included, is that assessment complete and the result of same.
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222 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond positively to a request from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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181 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the proposed new school (details supplied) will receive the go-ahead for architectural planning in view of the fact that the school is now urgently required; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14 in which a general practitioner referral for orthopaedic surgery to St. James’s Hospital was not given to the consultant for a full two years; and if she will confirm if there are other such cases of referrals undelivered to the appropriate consultant in St. James’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation to ensure a successful green card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) whose salary will be in excess of €60,000 and who will introduce the product specifics and unique expertise for what is hoped will quickly become a multi-outlet business with considerable employment prospects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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690 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 30 June 2010, if she will confirm that there is to be no compensatory measure in the marking scheme for the approximately 200 students given an incorrect high level accountancy paper; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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645 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the processes that must be adhered to by a university (details supplied) when they appoint a nominated local authority member to their governing authority; if there are specific criteria to be met; if there is an interview process; if nominees are required to forward their curriculum vitae; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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383 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the money that has been allocated to the United Nations population fund the global fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, international partnership for microbicides, international AIDS vaccine initiative and the global alliance for vaccines and immunisations and UNIFEM in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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382 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the money that has been allocated in 2010 to address millennium development goal 5, including its targets, and indicators; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the agreed annual payment due to Treasury Holdings in respect of the Conference Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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134 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance when the first payment for the Convention Centre, Dublin, is due to Treasury Holdings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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256 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that some compensatory marking formula will be applied in the correction of the higher leaving certificate accounting papers for those students who were disrupted as a result of the distribution of incomplete papers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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211 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the position regarding the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s application for the refurbishment of a swimming pool (details supplied) in Stillorgan, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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582 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18 is given permission to prepare documentation and apply for planning permission to the local authority in order that its school project can be prepared to go ahead when funding is sanctioned; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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358 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Oireachtas mail system is once again operating normally now that the industrial action has halted; if he will confirm when outstanding queries will be answered; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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120 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if he will avail of the discretion given to member states by the consumer credit directive to apply different regimes to credit unions compared to those applied to banks; and if he will clarify the proposed solvency requirements for credit unions.
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118 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of visitor numbers to each visitor attraction operated by the Office of Public Works for each month to date in 2010; if he will provide figures for the same period in 2008 and 2009, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to amend the mortgage interest supplement scheme; if he will make revised guidelines publically available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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253 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16; if her attention has been drawn to the continuous addition of prefabs to accommodate the expanding school; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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68 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if patients who are transferring to the fair deal scheme but who have previously paid for a number of years in a private nursing home can have the 5% annual house value contribution waived; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she has had discussions with the Arts Council regarding the preparation of a new arts strategy to follow the Partnership for the Arts 2006 to 2010 strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the progress made to date on the feasibility of the General Post Office, Dublin, as a site for the national theatre; when she expects a report to be presented to Government on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her views on the ongoing downward trend year on year in visitor numbers to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she requested NSCDA to furnish her with information regarding the recent Supreme Court judgment involving the National Aquatic Centre in accordance with section 22 of the National Sports Campus Development Authority Act 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter
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59 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if he has received representations from the Irish Travel Agents Association regarding the bonding arrangements currently in place for the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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413 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made on the setting up of a national house price register database; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the way she expects to achieve savings of €30 million in the dental treatment services scheme for medical card patients; the services that will be withdrawn or reduced for medical card holders; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the financial implications for the State arising out of the recent Supreme Court decision regarding VAT liability for the National Aquatic Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if, in view of the fact that the number of travel agents here has halved in the past two years, he will consider changing the bonding requirement to be catered for by a single common fund rather than requiring the over-expensive individual funding of all travel agents; and if his further attention has been drawn to the importance of travel agents in supporting inward tourism through the retention of air routes.
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363 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the amount of money her Department has spent on legal and professional advisers for the National Aquatic Centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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