602 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if a commitment for a compensation scheme or a review of schemes operating elsewhere was promised to parents of children damaged by vaccines in April 2002; if such a commitment was given; and the status of plans to pay compensation.
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478 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if the terms of reference for the Neary inquiry have been agreed by Cabinet; and when the inquiry will commence.
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450 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science his plans to implement the recommendations of the McIver report; and when this process will commence.
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449 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application for a capital grant for additional classrooms for St. Columba’s College, Whitechuch, Dublin 15, which was submitted in January 2002.
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282 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if he will take steps to ensure that all staff in all Departments are informed of their jobs decentralised location prior to the trawl for applicants which is due to commence shortly.
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D’fhiafraigh Ms O. Mitchell den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cen dul chun cinn atá déanta aige chun caiteachas forbartha a dhíriú ar na ceanntair is láidre teanga mar a mhol Coimisiún na Gaeltachta.
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123 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the measures his Department intends to advance in order to create greater security for those working in the community and voluntary sector in view of a recent publication which highlighted low pay and limited career prospects as a difficulty for that sector to attract and retain staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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166 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if any of the family circumstances concerning a person (details supplied) in County Meath or their child or other member of their family ever came to the attention of the social services prior to the crime which has resulted in a life sentence; and if so, the action which was taken and the support which was given to the family.
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329 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if the free transport facility available to pensioners in respect of CIE-run services will also apply to Luas services.
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310 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider appointing a representative of the community midwives or a parent to the national expert group on home births.
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148 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the authorities of UCD have been approached regarding the provision of additional space to extend the National Concert Hall at Earlsfort Terrace; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the nature of the continued work of Ireland’s EU Presidency with the western Balkans; his views on the steps towards EU membership being taken by Croatia; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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31 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the possible development of weaponry with a nuclear capability within Iran; and if the matter was discussed during Ireland’s Presidency of the EU.
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466 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the laws that are in place to control noise nuisance through unattended house alarms; and if further strengthening of the law is envisaged in view of the considerable noise nuisance which they cause in densely populated areas.
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410 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the extent of the backlog of unmet needs in the disability area as a result of virtually static budgets since 2002; and when some of this unmet need will be met by way of capital and revenue funding.
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404 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made in identifying and contacting late informants in respect of donors or others contaminated with hepatitis C; if there are outstanding cases as yet not notified; the action which has been taken in terms of counselling and compensation; if a further public enquiry is envisaged; and if further civil cases are anticipated.
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396 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if the Mid-Western Health Board has provided a site to the Mid-Western Hospital Trust for the purpose of building a radiotherapy unit; if the planned radiotherapy unit will treat public and private patients; the way this planned radiotherapy unit will fit in with the Minister’s plans for the development of radiation oncology services in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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366 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if he has informed the professional representatives on the health boards that their services will no longer be required in view of the fact that many of their terms do not expire for several years; and his views on the status of the legislation enabling him to abolish health boards.
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360 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the practice by VHI of charging a higher subscription for travel insurance for over 65s; and if this practice contravenes the principle of community rating.
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157 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the liquidation of the Linguistics Institute of Ireland and the continued use of the library resource; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if a report on leases of public service units proposed for removal from Dublin was considered as part of the decision on decentralisation.
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167 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the outcome of the cross departmental committee to review and revise the tax concessions for disabled motorists (details supplied).
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120 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the action he proposes to take in response to the recommendations and conclusions of the pharmacy review group report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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296 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount in absolute terms and the percentage of public spend on health collected through the health levy, charges, general taxation and through any other source.
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294 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if it is his intention to bring forward a new policy in respect of liquid-based cytology in view of the best practice evidence in this area and of the practice adopted in the rest of western Europe.
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293 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 163 of 27 January 2004, if a decision has been made in respect of the aspect of the information technology and communications system that will be financed from the 2004 allocation.
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295 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if it is his intention to introduce changes in the pharmacy sector following the publication of the Mortell report.
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159 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the structures being put in place to carry out a midterm review of the national drugs strategy in 2004; the time-scale envisaged in carrying out this review; the way in which the community and voluntary sector will be involved in this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of specialist breast units that have been established as recommended in the 2001 report on the development of services for symptomatic breast disease; and the number that have the full recommended complement of multidisciplinary professionals.
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412 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the regulation that provides that the register of voters is available for inspection and purchase for members of the public for six months after an election in accordance with Article 94 of the Local Elections Regulations 1995 will remain in place after electronic voting is introduced; and if another method will be found to ensure that such information continues to be available to the public.
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377 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider the request from Patient Focus to withdraw the proposal in the Civil Liability and Courts Bill 2004 to reduce the time limit for taking legal action in cases of medical negligence from three years to 12 months.
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332 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if he has encouraged the national cervical screening programme to participate in the proposed trial of the new molecular traffic light test of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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324 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of new posts created within the health sector for 2002, 2003 and 2004; and the breakdown of the categories of these posts and the number of posts within each category.
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184 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport his plans for the Luas intersection at the Red Cow roundabout; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is an ongoing delay in setting up an inquiry into a case (details supplied) and other related issues.
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29 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to honour his pre-election promise to recruit an additional 2,000 gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the relocation of the National Concert Hall to Grand Canal Harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will give preferential treatment to clubs and organisations that promote both female and male sports when allocating national lottery grants in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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265 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science the amount allocated in 2004 to primary schools as part of the annual physical education grant scheme.
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138 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science when it is intended to apply for planning permission to construct the Sandyford parish national school at Leopardstown Valley in the Dublin south constituency.
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137 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science when it is intended to interview for a principal for the proposed new school for the Sandyford parish at Leopardstown.
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47 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools offering the SPHE programme to all first year students from 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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249 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will respond to requests from consultant psychiatrists based at St. James's Hospital for urgently required additional resources to provide a basic mental health service in the area.
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117 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps he has taken to deal with the threat of avian flu; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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423 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children his views on whether, in view of the letter to the Taoiseach dated 10 December 2003 regarding fire protection at the 5-Day Medical Centre, St. James Hospital, the building meets all necessary safety standards.
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402 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients in each health board area attending accident and emergency departments of hospitals as a result of assault in each of the years from 2001 to date; and the number of in-patient hospitalisations in each acute hospital due to homicide and injury purposely inflicted by other persons for each of the years 2001 to date.
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202 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans her Department has to introduce legislation to criminalise bullying in the workplace.
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