850 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if further to his announcement of the greener home grant for people installing energy efficient systems in their homes that allowances would be made for people who had foresight and had already installed the energy efficient systems in their home before his announcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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713 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if provision is being made in the nursing homes repayment scheme to compensate persons with medical cards who were on a waiting list for a place in a public nursing home but had to take a place in a private nursing home due to the fact that a place was not available in a public nursing home; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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695 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 5 July 2006, when a reply will issue; if she will ensure that a comprehensive reply issues forthwith; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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694 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children when a service (details supplied) will be provided in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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692 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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632 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of public nursing home spaces which have been made available and the sites at which they have been made available in Galway County in each of the past ten years; the number of places made available in Galway City over the same period; the number of spaces that it is projected are to be provided in each of the next five years; the number of public nursing home beds in Galway County and City; the number of private nursing home beds in Galway County and City; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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631 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in recruiting clinical directors and other essential staff for the roll-out of BreastCheck to the west; the progress made in the appointment of contractors to construct clinical units in Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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759 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received all the documentation required from Galway County Council for a project (details supplied) in County Galway to proceed; when he will approve the project; and when the construction work will proceed.
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758 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Galway; if documentation has been received recently from Galway County Council in relation to same; and when the project will be allowed to proceed.
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672 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Galway; the progress which is being made in acquiring a site; if it has been established that the only site which would allow an extension is not available; if, in view of same, a site for a new building has been acquired; and the option which is now being pursued to bring the project to completion.
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671 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will allow a project (details supplied) in County Galway to proceed as a separate project; if the site has been acquired from the patron; the status of the project and if she will allow the project to proceed in view of the substandard condition of one of the buildings and the fact that the requirements of health and safety regulations cannot be met.
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444 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the discussions he has had with Irish Rail on a project (details supplied) in County Galway; the progress which has been made on the project; if the timescale for the project will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Mr. McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the expenditure to be incurred on a project (details supplied) in 2006; the elements of works on which moneys will be expended; the elements of the project that will proceed in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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851 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the treatment plants for two schemes in County Galway which were allowed to proceed to tender can proceed to construction without further reference to his Department in accordance with the new streamlined procurement procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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334 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there is grant assistance available from his Department or any other body or organisation to householders who wish to install cavity insulation in their existing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26137/06].
166 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of a person who has been employed for a period of one year and is being dismissed on the basis that the person is too highly qualified for the job; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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328 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person on a non-contributory old age pension who has their farm leased and is therefore in receipt of income from the lease will have the first €100 per week of that income disregarded for calculation purposes in determining the amount of their pension.
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291 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a broadband service will be provided to a town (details supplied) in County Galway; the timeframe for the delivery of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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290 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if it is anticipated that a town (details supplied) in County Galway will be included in the next roll-out of the MANs programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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288 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the process available to rural communities to avail of broadband; the procedures to be followed and the funding available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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171 Mr. McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway suffering from multiple sclerosis was not approved under the free medicines for prescribed long term illnesses scheme, in view of the fact that the Health Service Executive documentation specifically states that the scheme applies to persons suffering from multiple sclerosis; if this application will be recognised; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Mr. McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to an application for a capital grant for a facility (details supplied) in County Galway; when the application will be approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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391 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the process available to a person (details supplied) who is the parent of an Irish child to enable them to remain here.
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326 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the progress which has been made in relation to a project contained in Transport 21 (details supplied); when works will commence; the timeframe for completion; if it is possible to reduce the timescale for the project from that previously set out; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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230 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the taking charge of housing estates by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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229 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the taking charge of housing estates by local authorities at the request of residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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203 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in relation to an examination (details supplied) being carried out; and when the service will be restored.
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154 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will allocate a grant under the CLÁR primary school outdoor play facilities grant 2006 programme to a school (details supplied) in County Galway.
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138 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway who was refused work permits for persons in view of the fact that it has not been possible to source a person with the skills required in Ireland or the EU.
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131 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will liaise with ComReg to ensure that parish church radio transmitters are allowed to continue to transmit to their parishioners as heretofore; if he will further ensure that no parish church radio transmitters be shut down until an alternative wavelength is provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Mr. McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the implementation of an insurance scheme for persons infected with HIV or Hepatitis C through provision of contaminated blood or blood products by the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the development of the Tuam health campus; her further views on whether the project should proceed incorporating all the elements proposed in the Health Service Executive planning brief forwarded to her Department in 2002; and if she will report on her discussions and communications with the Health Service Executive on this project.
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264 Mr. McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will liaise with the Health Service Executive west region to ensure that the free transport facility which was heretofore available to dialysis patients be maintained; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will re-evaluate the new DEIS programme in view of the fact that a large number of County Mayo schools in disadvantaged areas will lose out owing to this new programme; her views on whether the children affected cannot afford this educational loss; when the results of the review mechanism, as previously mentioned by her, will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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215 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will allow the staffing levels be maintained at a school (details supplied) in County Galway for the 2006-2007 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Mr. McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the nursing home subvention will be increased to assist those people who qualify for public nursing homes but cannot access same due to a shortage of public nursing home beds and accordingly have to access private nursing home beds at a greater cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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564 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to make funding available to enable applicants under the special housing aid for the elderly scheme to have essential works carried out to their homes in East Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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558 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that work on site has commenced in regard to the civil works element of sewerage schemes (details supplied) in County Galway; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the delay in approving the tender documents for the design, build and operate contracts for the sewerage plants is further delaying the completion of this scheme; if therefore he will immediately approve the tender documentation and enable this to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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557 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all necessary documentation has been received from Galway County Council to enable him give approval to a project (details supplied) in County Galway to proceed; if the civil works and the treatment system, that is the entire works, are included in the estimated cost of €2.8 million; when this project will proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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510 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the additional resources she is planning to put in place to assist national school principals to cope with extra duties imposed on them by recent legislation in relation to education for people with disabilities and health and safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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495 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to a project (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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493 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress being made with regard to a project (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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487 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if the transfer of the site for a project (details supplied) in County Galway has been formally closed; when this project will proceed to construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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469 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will put in place a system of centralised payment for national school part-time teachers and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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468 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the roles of responsibility for deputy principal post holders and boards of management in national schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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245 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will invite Galway County Council to apply for a project (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide designated offices for national school principals recognising that 45 per cent of school principals have no principal’s office; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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178 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if protocols and arrangements will be put in place to ensure that national school principals needing to contact officials in her Department by telephone are enabled to do so in an organised formal efficient manner without difficulty and time wasting; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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482 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the advice of Teagasc in relation to nitrogen and phosphorus fertiliser limits as recently submitted to his Department; if he will include the limits put forward by Teagasc for both nitrogen and phosphorus fertiliser limits when restoring part three of the regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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481 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the deadline for farmers to provide the minimum manure storage capacity on livestock farms will be extended from 31 December 2008 to December 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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