284 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the serious degrading and dangerous condition of the playground at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16, access will be given immediately to summer works funding for the school to get this work carried out as a matter of urgency.
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148 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the administration of Irish Aid funds to Mozambique; the person overseeing the application of these funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of money devoted to the development of the rapid response corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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838 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a favourable decision for funding for home tuition, backdated to the date of application, for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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804 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of and the specific schools in the Dublin South constituency that have had their National Educational Psychological Service cover withdrawn in recent days; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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634 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the total kilometres of motorway and dual carriage roads built during the National Development Plan 2000 to 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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630 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if a timescale exists for the introduction of 100 private sector buses for the Dublin market; when this will happen; if the introduction of same is dependent upon reform of the Transport Act 1932; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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538 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish citizens who have been deported from the United States each year from 2000 to date in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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370 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that, despite all the commitments given to prospective adopters, the waiting list even for the first assessment is 22 months; if she will direct that the Health Service Executive provide increased resources in order that the typical five year waiting time for adoption can be shortened; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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225 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 22 February 2007, the number of penalty points imposed against such persons as referred to in the response to this question; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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204 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the full cost of the installation and operation of the proposed national speed camera system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the Government’s view on the potential for taxation to play a role in promoting energy efficiency and emissions reductions.
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205 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the basis on which the decision to allocate a proportion of Cork Airport’s debt to the airport was reached; the financial information which he relied upon in making this decision; if he will publish this financial information; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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204 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the extent of the distributable reserves held by the Dublin Airport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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77 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide support to the former poultry suppliers of Castlemahon; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when compensation will be issued to sugar beet producers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Defence when a major emergency was last simulated; the results from this exercise; if weaknesses in emergency planning were uncovered as a part of this trial; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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421 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if he will request the Road Safety Authority to take steps to ensure there is an adequate network of garages around the country capable of dealing with motorists’ problems which may impair their safety that is windscreen washer replacement, tyre pressure, light replacement and adjustment and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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416 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty with transferring some HGV drivers to a digital tachograph system as a result of deficiencies in the National Driver File; when this problem will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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414 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if HGV drivers over 70 years of age will be restricted or prohibited from driving resulting from the introduction of digital tachographs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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413 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the work carried out by the CIÉ restructuring division within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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411 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport when he will negotiate a reformed or new bilateral aviation agreement between Ireland and the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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410 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the location of the new barrier free tolling gantry on the M50; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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409 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the capital and annual cost of the new barrier free tolling regime on the M50; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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408 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if the introduction of barrier free tolling on the M50 requires a legislative basis; the details and purpose of such legislation; when same will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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407 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the way digital tachograph offences are detected in relation to foreign registered drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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406 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether public transport subventions should be based on the operator’s ability to attract increased passenger numbers; if he will reform the existing criteria for granting such subventions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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405 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the way it is proposed that bus licensing and regulations outside the greater Dublin area will be reformed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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404 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if the Dublin Transport Authority will be responsible for regulating and awarding bus licences in the greater Dublin area; if this requires reform of the existing Transport Act to enable same to occur; when such legislation will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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403 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if legislation to reform the Transport Act 1932 will be published by the end of this Dáil session; the details of this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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402 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the successful rail freight service being operated by Irish Rail for a company (details supplied) from Ballina to Waterford; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that this service is shortly to increase from two to three train loads weekly; if he will clarify the service he referred to in the Houses of the Oireachtas as having failed due to the fact that it was not viable; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the high percentage of motorists who are detected for penalty points, but who evade conviction; the measures he will introduce to overcome this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who drive HGVs who have been detected, charged and convicted, respectively, for breaching tachograph regulations, speeding and driving in the passing lane in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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206 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science if the graduate entry medical training scheme will commence at the start of the next academic year; if a decision has been made on the extent to which the doctor training scheme will be subsided; if a decision has been made on the level of tuition fees for the graduate programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of money made available by his Department and the agencies under his Department to offer parenting courses in view of the reported high demand for such courses (details supplied); the role he envisages for his Department in providing these type of supports for parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he is satisfied with the take-up rate of the weekly earnings disregard among non-contributory pensioners in view of the Budget 2007 changes; his views on whether this is an effective measure in encouraging people of pension age to remain at work; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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215 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the number of vehicles which will benefit from supports funded by his Department to convert to bio-fuels; when this scheme will commence; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the additional measures he will introduce in 2007 to increase the public transport services available to rural residents during evening, night-time and weekend hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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563 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of desks and stands that were bought to accommodate electronic voting; the cost of those desks and stands; the location where they are stored; the accumulative cost of storage; the current location of all the desks and stands; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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420 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the number of HGV drivers detected and prosecuted for infringements of driver hours each year from 2000 to date in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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419 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the progress relating to automation of level crossing XS 87 at Cortober/Cordrehid, east of Carrick-on-Shannon, County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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409 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will confirm that the opportunity for free all-Ireland travel for pensioners does not apply to persons on a disability pension; the rational behind this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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369 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of staff from BIM who have volunteered for decentralisation to Clonakilty; the stage the building negotiations for BIM in Clonakilty are at; if he will proceed to acquire property in the absence of any expressed desire by staff to leave Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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314 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans to end the unequal treatment of children attending private primary school in respect of dental and optical treatment in view of the fact that in many cases children are in such schools because no national school places are available locally; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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247 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of HGV drivers detected and prosecuted for illegally using the passing lane each year from 2000 to date in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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246 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of HGV drivers detected and prosecuted for infringements of weight restrictions each year from 2000 to date in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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245 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of HGV drivers prosecuted for infringements of tachograph regulations and driver hours each year from 2000 to date in 2007; the number of detections which led to convictions in relation to such offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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217 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of HGV drivers detected and prosecuted for infringements of vehicle standards each year from 2000 to date in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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198 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the European Commission proposal to introduce EU-wide minimum sentences for nine offences ranging from dumping toxic waste to unsafe transport of hazardous materials, harming protected plants or species, and unlawful trade in ozone depleting substances; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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