218 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science when the recipients of the summer works programme funds will be announced; and if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will be included.
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217 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science if the construction work to replace to 30 year old prefabricated classrooms in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 will be progressed to planning stage in 2005.
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17 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of children who each year fail to make the transition from primary to secondary schooling; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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176 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the cost to date in 2004 of the payment to the Irish Aviation Authority in lieu of waived income from American aeroplanes involved in the Iraq war; and the estimated cost for 2005.
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67 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the situation in Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the constitutional treaty for the European Union will be put to the people of Ireland in a referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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315 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if all public private partnerships planned, initiated or completed to date as part of the road building programme under the NDP were subjected to a cost benefit analysis; the details of such analyses; if such PPP projects already completed were finished within the timescale and budget envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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310 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the amount of the €1.27 billion target included in the NDP for private financing of the national roads programme which has been secured to date; if this target has not been reached, the amount of funding which has been secured to date; if he will report on the difficulties in reaching the target of €1.27 billion; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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308 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the amount that has been spent by his Department on implementing the national road safety strategy annually from 2002 to 2004, inclusive; the amount it is envisaged will be spent annually on the Road Safety Strategy 2004 to 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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307 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the amount that has been spent on implementing the national road safety strategy annually from 1997 to 2004, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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305 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the number of candidates presenting for the driving test at test centres, who are on their second, third or subsequent attempt to secure a full driving licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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225 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to include persons confined to a wheelchair following a stroke in the category of those qualifying for tax relief under section 92.
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101 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if, in view of the lack of involvement by the private sector in PPPs, including public transport projects, he intends to introduce reforms to make PPPs increase private sector involvement in such schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself with the performance of PPP projects to date; and his expectation for expenditure funded in this way in 2005.
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69 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to the recent Bacon review of the forestry sector, the proposals she intends to pursue to develop the sector, particularly in reaching the planting target set out in the programme for Government 2002; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she is taking to ensure that all third country beef is properly labelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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337 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to take a co-ordinating role to ensure that new road and planned new rail routes share alignments where appropriate.
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328 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport when a report (details supplied) on the future options for Aer Lingus will be published, in view of the fact that much of the elements contained in this confidential report have been reported in the national media in recent days; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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323 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that the average pass-failure rate in the driving test is the same for those tested by contract testers as for those tested by the permanent testers.
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322 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving testers who are employed in his Department; the number who are full-time; the number who are on contract; the length of time those on contract have been so; and if it is his intention to recruit further contract testers.
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68 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Defence if the strength of the Permanent Defence Force will be altered over the coming 12 month period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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211 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the amount spent by the Railway Procurement Agency to date in developing a metro for Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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205 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a mother claiming benefit cannot claim for her children based on her own insurance if her husband is earning more than €300 a week.
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128 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has satisfied himself that the geographical spread of IDA Ireland investment is acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has plans to ensure that new legislation is business proofed in order to maintain Ireland’s international competitiveness and their growth and employment are protected in an increasingly competitive market; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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211 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the details of all subsidies received by State public transport providers, specifically Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus; the details of the average cost per journey resulting from these subsidies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will report on the involvement of his Department with the Irish Prison Service in providing advice and support to offenders in integrating or reintegrating into the labour market; the number of cases that have been dealt with in 2002, 2003 and 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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344 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science when the current cap on numbers permitted in post leaving certificate colleges and schools will be lifted; and the reasoning behind the imposition of this ceiling.
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316 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 has recently been informed that there was no application on file.
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258 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the number of the 276 additional buses promised to Dublin Bus over the lifetime of the NDP that have been delivered to date; the number that are now fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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257 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding under the NDP that has been allocated to Dublin Bus to purchase new buses in 2003 and in 2004; the number of new additional buses which were anticipated to be purchased from this allocation in both these years; the number of additional as opposed to replacement that have been purchased by the company in both these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of specialist beds available in each of the health board areas to treat patients suffering from eating disorders; and if her attention has been drawn to the under capacity to treat or respond in a timely fashion to patients, particularly young patients, presenting with this problem.
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135 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the immediate measures which are being taken at the Beaumont Hospital dialysis unit on foot of the report which fails to identify the source of new infection of a dialysis patient with hepatitis C; when funding will be made available for the planned new unit; and when the unit will be operational.
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134 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the services which are planned for autistic children who are coming towards 18 years of age and who require an adult service within the ERHA area; and if his attention has been drawn to the serious deficiency in services.
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115 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in relation to the proposed strategic national infrastructure Bill, the aspects of the legislation he envisages will be of benefit to the projects undertaken by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the latest communication he has had with the British authorities on the issue of Sellafield; the outcome of that communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of resources employed to prevent illegal dumping; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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206 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has sought any expressions of interest from the private sector to fund the development of a metro from Dublin’s city centre to the airport through a public private partnership; if so, the number of such expressions that have been made; the extent to which such private sector proposals were pursued by his Department; if he will provide details of such expressions of interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dedicated independent traffic corps will be established, particularly in view of the recent decision to increase Garda numbers by 2,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether a Garda traffic corps can be staffed by relocating 400 gardaí from fine collection to traffic duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the defects in the speed camera system as highlighted in the recent Comptroller and Auditor General’s annual report; his views on whether such deficiencies have been overcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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346 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the annual yield to the State in each of the years 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001 from the West-Link toll bridge.
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343 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport when legislation will be published to replace the Transport Act 1932, in order to allow for increased competition in the bus market; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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352 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the action proposed following the completion of the pilot rural transport initiative; the analysis which has been done; the cost benefit which has been completed; if it can be rolled out nationally; and the cost overall and the cost per trip.
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114 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if he will bring forward legislation before the end of 2004 as promised to allow for the break-up of CIE into three separate companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport his views on the full or partial privatisation of Aer Lingus; the Government’s position with regard to the future development of Aer Lingus; when a final decision will be made on the airline’s future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a full statement concerning the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork, in view of the fact that this person has been diagnosed with a moderate speech impairment by a speech and language therapist in City General Hospital, Cork and has been awaiting speech and language therapy in City General Hospital since April of this year.
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59 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if agreement has been reached between her Department and the Department of Finance to allow the employment ceiling of public service employees to be breached in order to employ staff to open a number of facilities (details supplied) across the country; if sufficient numbers have been allowed for all the proposed facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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