152 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of elderly people approved for subvention but awaiting confirmation that the health boards in the ERHA area are in a position to release funds; and if he will provide this information and in respect of each health board area.
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138 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will give priority to St. Colmcille's junior school for its application for €230,000 from the summer works scheme 2004, which represents only a portion of their actual need; and if the extension building for whichit lodged an application in 2000 will be expedited.
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85 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the political climate in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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72 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the upcoming third Asia-Europe parliamentary partnership meeting to be held in Vietnam in March 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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255 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the cover which is available to category two doctors and their support teams performing surgery in a private hospital for national treatment purchase fund patients.
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254 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the personal injuries cover which is available to patients having surgery in a private hospital under the national treatment purchase fund.
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253 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the cover which is available for private practice doctors performing surgery in a private hospital for national treatment purchase fund patients.
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248 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if his Department or the Office of Tobacco Control will be drawing up guidelines for the operation of the smoking ban in psychiatric hospitals, where many patients may have nicotine addiction; and if these guidelines will be available well in advance of the introduction of the smoking ban.
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147 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she intends to introduce legislation which would enable health and safety officers to enforce the smoking ban in line with the arrangements previously envisaged.
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412 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the SMI steering group's report into the structural and operational systems of the Garda Síochána; if it contains recommendations in respect of opening hours of Garda stations; and if there are changes envisaged in the opening hours of Rathfarnham Garda station.
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374 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in identifying the training needs of SPRs to ensure a sufficient flow of home-grown consultants to meet the demands of the staffing arrangements proposed in the Hanly report.
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373 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the danger inherent in the current uncertainty in the health service regarding the future configuration of hospitals and consultant appointments which may see mass emigration of SPRs; and if he has plans to ensure potential Irish consultants are not lost to the system.
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372 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if the national task force on medical staffing, part 2, is continuing its work on deciding the configuration of hospitals nationally despite the fact that the consultant members have withdrawn from the task force.
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319 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children his views on the recent budget measure which introduces benefit-in-kind taxation for employees, when employers provide free medical check ups; and if this move is consistent with the Government's preventative health policy.
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314 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow will receive speech therapy services to enable them attend mainstream school.
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179 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the cost of legal representation will be covered for those giving evidence to investigations being carried on by her Department into a company (details supplied) in view of the fact that the lack of clarity on this matter is causing great distress to witnesses of modest means who have been called to give evidence.
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275 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the status of the Dunne inquiry; and when it is expected to report because it continues to miss its own deadlines for reporting.
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187 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the work that has been carried out by his Department to promote the issue of Irish-medium third level education, as set out in his Department's strategy statement for 2003-2005.
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475 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the promised road pavement management study has been completed; if not, the status of same; when it will be completed; and the action it is proposed to take with regard to the recommendations of the investigation.
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423 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if, in view of the fact that the Aviation Authority has clarified that the responsibility for proposed EU legislation concerning the flight and duty time limitations is a matter for his Department, he will ensure that the Pilots Association's concerns, that it is the scientifically accepted proposals, which are put before the Council of Transport Ministers.
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374 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the total cost for the past ten years of sending lung transplant patients to Newcastle.
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373 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the total annual operating costs of the lung transplant unit at the Mater Hospital.
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372 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the details of staff recruited for the operation of the lung transplant unit at the Mater Hospital; and the annual cost of such staff.
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371 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost in 2003 of sending lung transplant patients to Newcastle for transplant operations.
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370 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost to date, both capital and current, of the provision of the lung transplant unit at the Mater Hospital.
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369 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if an investigation was carried out into the circumstances whereby a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14 was moved between the Eye and Ear Hospital, St. James's Hospital, Blanchardstown Hospital and back to St. James's Hospital between the dates of 14 June and 20 June 2002.
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301 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science the precise status of the application for a capital grant for additional classrooms from St. Columba's College, Whitechurch, Dublin 16, which was submitted in January 2002.
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220 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if voluntary nursing homes, charities and health board-run hospitals are charged the work permit fee of €500; and if not, if they receive it free of charge.
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297 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18 who applied for citizenship in May 2002.
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286 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a survey of staff to determine interest in participating in the decentralisation programme has been undertaken in his Department; when it will be completed; and if the results will be published or otherwise made available to Deputies.
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268 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if a survey of staff to determine interest in participating in the decentralisation programme has been undertaken in his Department; when it will be completed; and if the results will be published or otherwise made available to Deputies.
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259 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a child (details supplied) has not completed its facial laser treatment at Crumlin children's hospital; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some children have been on the laser treatment list since 1997; and his plans to ensure that those children get treated.
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256 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a survey of staff to determine interest in participating in the decentralisation programme has been undertaken in his Department; when it will be completed; and if the results will be published or otherwise made available to Deputies.
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251 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a survey of staff to determine interest in participating in the decentralisation programme has been undertaken in his Department; when it will be completed; and if the results will be published or otherwise made available to Deputies.
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241 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science if funding for the site purchase and the construction cost of the planned school in the Sandyford Parish to serve the Stepaside/Leopardstown area has been included in the 2004 budget.
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232 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science if a survey of staff to determine interest in participating in the decentralisation programme has been undertaken in his Department; when it will be completed; and if the results will be published or otherwise made available to Deputies.
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224 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a survey of staff to determine interest in participating in the decentralisation programme has been undertaken in his Department; when it will be completed; and if the results will be published or otherwise made available to Deputies.
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211 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Defence if a survey of staff to determine interest in participating in the decentralisation programme has been undertaken in his Department; when it will be completed; and if the results will be published or otherwise made available to Deputies.
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204 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a survey of staff to determine interest in participating in the decentralisation programme has been undertaken in her Department; when it will be completed; and if the results will be published or otherwise made available to Deputies.
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267 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline the legislation in place to control the use of cycle paths and to ensure they are kept free of obstruction.
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140 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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1028 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the decision of the oral hearing in respect of pension payments for a person (details supplied) will be implemented as promised.
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1019 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a survey of staff to determine interest in participating in the decentralisation programme has been undertaken in her Department; when it will be completed; and if the results will be published or otherwise made available to Deputies.
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1007 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a survey of staff to determine interest in participating in the decentralisation programme has been undertaken in his Department; when it will be completed; and if the results will be published or otherwise made available to Deputies.
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920 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a survey of staff to determine interest in participating in the decentralisation programme has been undertaken in his Department; when it will be completed; and if the results will be published or otherwise made available to Deputies.
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863 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a change will be considered to the Juries Act 1976, which describes deaf people as unsuitable for jury duty.
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748 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the provision being made to guarantee transparent accountability in the health service following the abolition of the health boards.
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747 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if decisions have been made about the geographic areas to be covered by the area offices of the proposed Health Service Executive; and the criteria which have been, or will be, used in making these decisions.
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701 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will prevent the large-scale recruitment of nurses from India which. It is a developing country and its need for nurses is greater than ours.
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