171 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science if his Department received an application from the committee of a school (details supplied) in County Galway asking for a site to be acquired for an educate together secondary school in Galway; if he sanctioned the application; and its position.
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54 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the situation in East Timor and on the negotiations between East Timor and the Australian Government regarding maritime boundaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the three special needs teachers employed at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if these teachers will remain on at the school after the summer recess 2004; if his attention has been drawn to the vital work these teachers are performing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Health and Children if he has satisfied himself that the State’s health service will comply with the European working time directive for non-consultant hospital doctors by the deadline of 1 August 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Mr. McCormack asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her Department contacted the EU Trade Commissioner and the World Trade Organisation on the resumption of the Doha round of trade talks; the nature of that correspondence; and whether there will be a successful outcome of those talks.
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63 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Defence his views on the current staffing levels for the Defence Forces; if it is planned to increase these staffing levels over the coming 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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214 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has sanctioned the position of temporary class teacher for the school year 2004-05, to be effective from 1 September 2004, for a school (details supplied) in County Galway.
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80 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the current level of uptake for the farm assist scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the findings from a review of the language assistants scheme; the changes that will result in the scheme in 2004/2005 as a result of this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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27 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the consultations between his Department and the Department of Enterprise, trade and Employment regarding the establishment of island enterprise schemes; when these schemes are expected to be up and running; the amount of funding that will be allocated to this initiative; and if he will make a statment on the matter.
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132 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans he has for the building of a secondary school in the Knocknacarra area to cater for this rapidly expanding area in Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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369 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in awarding first-time buyer’s house grant to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Transport the discussions he has had with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform regarding the computerised penalty points system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Transport his plans for the development of regional airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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72 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Health and Children the current situation with regard to health services for prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Health and Children when the national roll out service will commence following the review of the first phase of the cervical screening programme which is intended to inform on the development of a cervical screening model for the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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206 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science when the extended list of schools and institutions will be included in the Residential Institutional Redress Act 2002; and when he proposes to lay this list before Dáil Éireann.
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14 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions he has had with the European Agriculture Commissioner with respect to the abolition of export subsidies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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411 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the decision by her Department to withdraw allowances for crèche payment to mothers availing of back to education schemes; and if this payment of crèche charges is being provided by another Department to mothers in back to education schemes who have young children in crèche facilities.
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372 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí currently allocated to Galway city; the numbers at end of year for 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on the cost of insurance for primary and secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will reverse the cap placed on student numbers at colleges of further education; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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176 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if additional funding can be provided to local authorities to enable them to proceed with the processing of insulation grants for older houses.
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134 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if ovigerous lice levels on salmon farms in Connemara, County Galway are in some cases ten times above the level set in his Department’s protocols; the penalties which have been imposed in these circumstances; and the action which has been taken to ensure the survival of wild sea trout smolts migrating to sea.
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133 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the outcome of an investigation regarding the dumping of farmed salmon by persons (details supplied); if sanctions have been imposed on these persons; if residues of a banned chemical suspected of being carcinogenic have been found in salmon on a farm in Connemara, County Galway; if so, the action which has been taken to prevent the banned substance from entering the food chain; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Mr. McCormack asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on the paper prepared by her Department in April 2004 and presented to EU Industry Ministers which warned against a pre-occupation with the threat of jobs moving to low cost locations; and if this represents a policy shift by the Government to seek no longer to protect the jobs of those who do not work in the high skilled sector.
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406 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the expenses each Minister of State has received between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003.
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388 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the expenses each Minister of State has received between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003.
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348 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the expenses each Minister of State has received between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003.
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308 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Transport the expenses each Minister of State has received between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003.
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274 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Health and Children the expenses each Minister of State has received between 1 January and 31 December 2003.
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235 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the expenses each Minister of State has received between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003.
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195 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science the expenses each Minister of State received between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003.
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170 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the expenses each Minister of State has received between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003.
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149 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Finance the expenses each Minister of State has received between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003.
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135 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the expenses each Minister of State has received between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003.
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89 Mr. McCormack asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the expenses each Minister of State has received between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003.
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64 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Transport his plans for the development of regional airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the numbers availing of and the amount of funding involved in the farm assist scheme in each year it has been in operation, giving details on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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744 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the grant aid available from his Department to enable communities to install closed circuit television systems; his views on whether this is an extremely cost effective way in the reduction of vandalism and crime on the streets; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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743 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for the building of a new Garda station at Oranmore, County Galway, to serve this vastly expanding area; his plans in relation to same; when the building of the Garda station will be due to commence; when it is likely to be completed; if, in the meantime, additional Garda resources will be provided to cope with the greatly expanding population of Oranmore and the surrounding district; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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596 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Health and Children the ratio of carers to patients in residential care in nursing homes; the ratio deemed acceptable to deliver suitable and sufficient care to patients; the factors which determine appropriate staffing levels; the qualifications and training necessary for non-professional staff; the type of examinations required for qualification; the minimum facilities which should be available in nursing homes for occupational and recreational purposes of patients; the steps his Department will take to ensure that all regulations and plans are enforced in nursing homes; the regulations that are laid down regarding the freedom of the patient to exercise choice to the extent that such freedom does not infringe on the rights of other persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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546 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make funds available to the Western Health Board to enable it to have a system of support for the general practitioners in the Ros Muc and Carna areas, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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413 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement on his Department’s decision to claw back significant provisions in the postgraduate funding of the back to education allowance.
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411 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has plans for the reintroduction of college fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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412 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science when the release of funding recently announced for colleges under the programme for research and third level education will be made to colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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410 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science if the registration fees which were increased from €670 to €750 in 2004 will not be further increased in 2005 in view of the fact that there has been an increase of more than 90% over the past two years; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this is causing undue hardship to students at third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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