232 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason his Department is not giving support to the aims of the national spatial strategy in regard to the areas of infrastructural development for which he has responsibility, his lack of support as manifested by his refusal to approve a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason he has not given approval to a proposal from Galway County Council (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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230 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to provide fibre optic broadband to a town (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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229 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the towns in County Galway which have been approved for infrastructural works (details supplied); the extent of the works involved; when works will commence; the estimated cost of the installations; when works will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Mr. McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if negotiations will commence with a person (details supplied) for lands for the construction of a health centre in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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850 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when correspondence from a group (details supplied) in County Galway will be replied to.
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736 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if an additional grant of €51,000 will be awarded to a school (details supplied) in County Galway to allow for the completion of a project by the carrying out of essential works of a health and safety nature.
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400 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a sports capital grant will be awarded to a club (details supplied) in County Galway to allow them to continue work on their development.
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399 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a sports capital grant will be awarded to a club (details supplied) in County Galway.
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232 Mr. McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the need for reform of the Crisis Pregnancy Agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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230 Mr. McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the agreement entered into with SIPTU in relation to zero hour contracts will be implemented in full; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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229 Mr. McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the home health service and the agreement entered into with SIPTU in relation to zero hour contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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228 Mr. McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will liaise with the Health Service Executive in order that agreements and legal obligations of the Health Service Executive in relation to the home help service are honoured; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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72 Mr. McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of speech therapists covering an area (details supplied) in County Galway has been reduced by 50%; if she will take immediate action to rectify the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Mr. McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that speech therapy services will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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217 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a VAT refund mechanism for the benefit of the Irish charities sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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216 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the minimum threshold for donations to charities from €250 to €100; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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477 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if approval will be given to an organisation (details supplied) in County Galway for two additional people under the community services programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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274 Mr. McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when greater consistency will be brought to the different levels of enhanced nursing home subvention support throughout the country as outlined in the budget 2006 speech; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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217 Mr. McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made to begin the process of core funding community employment positions supporting personal social services for people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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620 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Galway; if on approval this scheme can proceed through the various other stages without reference back to his Department as the estimated cost of the scheme is less than €5 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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621 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if new rules have been produced which allow sewerage schemes under €5 million to proceed without reference back to his Department once they have been approved; if this new rule applies to schemes already in the pipeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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203 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if additional funding will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Galway in order to finalise a partially completed project; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if additional funding will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Galway.
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145 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the progress which has been made in relation to decentralisation (details supplied) in County Galway; the number of people seeking transfer; the site of the new offices; the progress being made on provision of building; the completion date for the new building; the date on which the transfer will be complete.
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144 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the progress which has been made in relation to decentralisation (details supplied); the number of people seeking transfer to Loughrea; the site of the new offices; the progress being made on provision of building; the completion date for the new building; the date on which the transfer will be complete.
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84 Mr. McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided to a centre (details supplied) in County Mayo in order that people can live independently; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1503 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a scheme to provide waivers to senior citizens and low income families in local authority areas where refuse collection has been privatised will be initiated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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833 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Transport his views on changing policy in relation to disabled parking discs in order to include people with an intellectual disability such as people with Down’s syndrome and so on as a qualifying category of person; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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144 Mr. McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a speech and language therapy facility will be made available for the benefit of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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211 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a national funding framework will be put in place to ensure the future of organisations working to eliminate violence against women; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will extend the terms of the dental and optical treatment benefit scheme to cover children of qualifying parents.
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184 Mr. McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there was a clause in the contract for the purchase of the Bon Secours property in Tuam prohibiting its use as a site for a future health facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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265 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation pertaining to a scheme (details supplied) in County Galway; if approval will be given for the scheme to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if taxi licences will be issued to existing hackney licence holders in a location (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if funding will be provided in 2006 under the rural transport initiative to provide a transport service to cover the north east Galway region to enable elderly persons with no transportation of their own be provided with transport to local towns and services as is available in south east Galway in order that all citizens of Galway are treated equally; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if an economic impact study will be initiated on the impact on the Shannon and west region of the recent agreement reached with the US on the Shannon stopover; if he will put further developments on this issue on hold until the study is complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason a claim lodged in March 2005 for payment of grants previously approved (details attached) has not been processed to date; when the payment will issue; and his plans to modify procedures within his Department to ensure that his customers such as this group are treated in more user friendly fashion.
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68 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if the flat rate VAT refund to non-VAT registered farmers from its current 4.8% to 5.8% with effect from 1 January 2006 will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if a provision to abolish the employee PAYE tax credit and to pass on in full the savings to all taxpayers through the system of personal tax credits will be introduced in budget 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if the current 100% stamp duty relief on purchases or transfer of farmland to young trained farmers for a five year period commencing 1 January 2006 will be renewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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65 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if relief from stamp duty on the purchase of farmland by farmers up to 50 years of age who meet certain criteria for farm consolidation will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if a targeted farm consolidation reinvestment relief will be introduced in budget 2006 whereby proceeds from the sale or transfer of farmland by farmers are reinvested into other farmland without charges to capital gains tax subject to certain conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if the conditions attached to CGT retirement relief will be revised in order that the ten year period for ownership before disposal shall commence in the period up to the initial letting of the land to a family member, provided the eventual disposal of the lands is to that family member; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if a provision will be introduced in budget 2006 to give discretion to the Revenue Commissioners to review the conditions for eligibility for capital gains tax, CGT, retirement relief on the transfer of farmland to a son or daughter who is taking up farming as his or her career where the land has had to be leased prior to its transfer due to unavoidable family circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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61 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if a provision whereby no capital gains tax should arise on the disposal of farmland to a local authority for road building or road widening purposes will be introduced in budget 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35041/05]
427 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation pertaining to a scheme (details supplied) in County Galway and if he will give approval for the scheme to proceed.
[34830/05]
329 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a national strategy will be formulated for carers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34722/05]
654 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be made available for a project (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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583 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if the situation where persons (details supplied) who were grant-aided to pursue courses of higher education under the millennium partnership fund for disadvantage in the past two years are being deprived of grant aid this year due to a late application; if this will be investigated; if the grants will be awarded in this instance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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