20 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of any plans by Aer Lingus to either dispose of or lease Heathrow slots to US airlines, or alternatively, if the airline has itself plans to open a base in a US city to capitalise on its Heathrow slots under Open Skies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if he will promote direct flights between Moscow and Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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263 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to reduce the waste tonnage for members of Repak to ten tonnes to ensure more major producers could comply with Repak in view of the fact that to be a member of Repak a major producer must have an annual turnover of €1 million and produce in excess of 24 tonnes of waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the efforts being made by Government or agency level to ensure Shannon Airport attracts US airlines seeking EU destinations under Open Skies; if he will ensure the airport is in a position to compete with other EU airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the Government plans in place to improve transport access to Shannon Airport; when such plans will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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504 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Defence if he will review an appeal by a person (details supplied) and make a favourable decision on that appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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310 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport his plans to make parking facilities for bicycles users at Luas stations more secure in view of the fact that numerous bicycles are stolen every week at Luas stops from users of public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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200 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on whether there is a case for extending Section 847A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 to broaden the scope of the sports related projects that qualify for this tax relief in order to encourage increased investment in Irish sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on increasing the limits for earned income for those on disability allowance; if there are proposals in place to change this limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on maintaining the disability allowance at 30% of the average industrial wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the project management and design teams for the National Sports Campus have been appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the now critical disadvantage suffered by the Irish film industry vis-à-vis other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the potential loss of tourism opportunities as a result of the planned termination of the Dublin-Dubai flight by Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will report on the status and future of the ACCESS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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289 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to introduce further categorisation of waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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287 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce internal recycling facilities given that the majority of waste produced in Ireland has to be exported in order to be recycled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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286 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is aware that newspaper companies generate a high volume of waste; if he has plans to include this sector in future waste packaging legislation in the short-term; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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290 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views of the level of support and relationship his Department provides to the repak compliance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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288 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to promote improved waste packaging recycling; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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285 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to introduce further waste packaging legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether Ireland’s broadband infrastructure, connectivity and bandwidth, as indicated in recent OECD surveys, is limiting Ireland’s competitiveness and economic progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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517 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science when construction will commence for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18 in view of the fact that tenders have been received and a contractor chosen; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that if this project is not sanctioned by the end of November 2007, the tendering process will have to recommence and that the children in this school have been educated in prefabs in a carpark for the past 12 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the value for money review of the TB eradication scheme has been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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38 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her Department has applied to the EU under revised EU legislation to have the age limit for compulsory BSE testing raised from its current level of 30 months.
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237 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason on his Department’s website, it is stated that the total capital cost of the National Aquatic Centre was €70.5 million when the previously stated cost was €63 million; if this is so, the reason for the overrun; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the opinion of the Chief Executive Officer of the Health Service Executive, as well as that of her Department’s Hospital Planning Office and the National Development Finance Agency, the proposed radiotherapy network will not be delivered through PPP by the target date of 2011; if it will be delivered by this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of radiologists employed by the Health Service Executive; the number of radiologists with an expertise in breast cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress that has been made in introducing net metering as was promised in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timescale involved in the roll out of net metering as was promised in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the decentralisation of the Arts Council to Kilkenny is intended to happen.
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269 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received the report into the purchase of the Finnegan’s Wake documents; if he will publish that report when he has received it; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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266 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications for swimming pool capital grants that remain on hand from the round which closed to applications in 2000; the value of grant aid sought which is outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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265 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the value of grants committed to projects under the sports capital programme in 2006; the value of budgetary provision for sports capital grants in 2006; the value of grants awarded in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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264 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the value of grants committed to projects under the sports capital programme in 2007; the value of budgetary provision for sports capital grants in 2007; the value of grants awarded in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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263 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of core function staff dealing with arts, sports and tourism relative to support staff numbers in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if the impending adoption legislation will include a ban on single parent adoptions in view of the fact that the Adoption Board is requiring that sole applicants apply directly to the board providing an affidavit as to the way they meet the five criteria under the inter-country adoption framework before an assessment by the Health Service Executive can be conducted; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the proposed age limit for adoption in the legislation currently being prepared; if current declarations of eligibility and suitability stand if prospective parents have reached the limit when the adoption process is complete; if she will ensure no current application falls foul of new age limits not in force when the application was made; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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167 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children when the Education for Persons with Special Education Needs Act 2004 will be commenced; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that all special schools are being deprived of therapy posts in order that the Health Service Executive can allocate to the under fives so as to meet its obligation under the Disability Act 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will assume overall responsibility for animal welfare in her Department; and if so, the areas of responsibility that will be transferred from other Departments.
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57 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will honour her pre-election commitment to the forestry sector on re-afforestation after harvesting.
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50 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding that is available for community alert groups under the scheme of community support for older people in 2007; the funding allocated on a county basis to date in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding allocated under Scéim na mBóithre Áise on a Gaeltacht area basis in 2006 and to date in 2007; the estimated budget for this scheme in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will carry out research on the mechanism for reducing child and family poverty, both in terms of income and service support, aimed at streamlining access to supports and minimising poverty traps in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the looming crisis in waste management due to the absence of direction and co-ordination of a clear regulatory framework and of clarity of direction in terms of waste ownership and provision of infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will report on Government plans to purchase or otherwise replace Ardmore studios; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will request the Competition Authority to examine the role of local authorities as both waste service provider and regulator for all providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the Shannon marketing initiative, promised in the context of the open skies agreement and valued at €53 million will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the status of the swimming pool capital projects; the funding available and the maximum funding in each individual case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the introduction of multiannual funding for the Arts Council in view of the importance of multiannual funding for forward planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the inclusion of aviation emissions in the EU carbon credit trading system and its implications for Irish tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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