247 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the hearing of maintenance cases at Phoenix House family law circuit courts, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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246 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times, on average, maintenance application cases are adjourned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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244 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if persons are waiting up to a year to receive a hearing date for emergency maintenance applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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834 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of non-emergency transport for patients; the procedure for accessing non-emergency patient transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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833 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health his views on whether there is a need for clarity and information regarding the status of non-emergency transport for patients so that unnecessary distress and hardship can be avoided at what is already a very difficult time for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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832 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health in view of the most recent colonscopy waiting times showing that the numbers waiting more than three months for a colonscopy are higher that ever before, despite the introduction of the waiting times initiative last September; the way these waiting times will be improved in time to ensure that designated hospitals for bowel cancer screening will have the capacity to cope with the additional colonscopies screening will generate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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831 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the bowel cancer screening programme as committed to by the Health Service Executive services plan in view of the HSE deficit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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830 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health the date on which the public health (sunbeds) Bill is expected to be debated in the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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829 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health the action that has been taken to ensure that the under-dosage of the influenza vaccine does not reoccur; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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828 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health if every hospital patient has a nutritional assessment of their requirements met, within reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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827 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm the average price of a hospital meal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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769 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans for the future use or a disposal of the site of the Dundrum Mental Hospital, Dublin; if he will indicate a timeframe for the transfer of patients to the new facility at Portrane, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons employed in each Government Department in 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of persons employed in all of the agencies under the aegis of each Government Department in those years in a separate tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that students who started a funded course under the labour market activation scheme have now lost that funding since the termination of that scheme and the advent of the Springboard scheme and consequently cannot complete the course; if he will clarify the situation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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120 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Finance if it would be feasible to increase the drawdown of pensions from 25% to a larger sum or increase levels of flexibility in the drawdown system to avoid the current situation whereby an average adult of 64 years with a pension of €70,000 can only drawdown €19,000 on retirement and €2,000 per year thereafter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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495 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health his views on whether a greater clinical focus in pharmacy training would result in more streamlined referral to general practitioners and a more timely identification of health problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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494 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the current number of training places available to pharmacy students is sufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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493 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it would be more appropriate to have a higher rate of VAT on soft drinks and alcohol than on nutritional drinks such as juices and smoothies which all currently have a VAT rate of 23%; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Finance his views on the current VAT rate on fruit juices, bottled water, and smoothies is appropriate at 23%; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Taoiseach the average time lapse between receipt of invoices for goods and services and actual payment in his Department and in each agency and organisation within his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to save the plane tree in Leinster House on the extreme right of the Kildare Street entrance as it appears to be in a distressed state; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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263 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if in view of the recent report citing the absence of adequate tourism branding for Dublin, if he will request Fáilte Ireland to set up a dedicated unit to address this deficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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262 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average time lapse between receipt of invoices for goods and services and actual payment in his Department and in each agency and organisation within his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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253 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health his plans to penalise drivers who smoke whilst carrying child passengers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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252 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health when the health board will provide funding to the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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251 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive confirmation on when their case will be progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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250 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who has been told by the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, that they will have to wait 26 months for an appointment reflects the average current waiting time in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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249 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for an appointment in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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248 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the National Treatment Purchase Fund website is still accessible; his views on whether this will cause confusion to the public; if he will seek to have the website removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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245 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the average time lapse between receipt of invoices for goods and services and actual payment in his Department and in each agency and organisation within his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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225 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average time lapse between receipt of invoices for goods and services and actual payment in her Department and in each agency and organisation within her remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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215 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average time lapse between receipt of invoices for goods and services and actual payment in his Department and in each agency and organisation within his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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207 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Defence the average time lapse between receipt of invoices for goods and services and actual payment in his Department and in each agency and organisation within his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the average time lapse between receipt of invoices for goods and services and actual payment in his Department and in each agency and organisation within his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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193 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider amending the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 to give additional powers to management companies to penalise home owners refusing to pay their management charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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177 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the local government Bill will be published; his views on whether the many councillors who will be affected need adequate notice of possible changes to the position of their council and constituency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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176 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a public information leaflet will be sent to every home affected by the boundary changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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175 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will confirm his position on the Boundary Commission report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the average time lapse between receipt of invoices for goods and services and actual payment in his Department and in each agency and organisation within his remit`; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the average time lapse between receipt of invoices for goods and services and actual payment in his Department and in each agency and organisation within his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the average time lapse between receipt of invoices for goods and services and actual payment in his Department and in each agency and organisation within his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the average time lapse between receipt of invoices for goods and services and actual payment in her Department and in each agency and organisation within her remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the average time lapse between receipt of invoices for goods and services and actual payment in his Department and in each agency and organisation within his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the average time lapse between receipt of invoices for goods and services and actual payment in his Department and in each agency and organisation within his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the lowest leaving certificate point score that received admittance through the HPAT system to medical school; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of students who repeated the HPAT exam and improved their initial result; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of students that have repeated the HPAT exam each relevant year since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with 600 points who failed the HPAT exam; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of students who have sat the HPAT exam each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average time lapse between receipt of invoices for goods and services and actual payment in his Department and in each agency and organisation within his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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