931 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proportion of land in Connemara that has been proposed to be designated as special areas of conservation; the proportion of land nationally that has been proposed to be designated as SAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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920 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will notify landowners in the Irish language to comply with The Official Languages Act 2003 and extend the date on which landowners in the Gaeltacht area can lodge an objection in having their lands included in the proposed designated areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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831 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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784 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if a site has been acquired by her Department on lands in the ownership of GMIT, Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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780 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science the criteria necessary for the changing of a school boundary area (details supplied); if the school catering for an area does not have the required number of subjects, will the school boundary area of the adjoining school which would have facilities for teaching extra subjects be changed to accommodate children to qualify for school transport.
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770 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps she proposes to take to establish a national forum for all parties involved in education and training of adults with special educational needs.
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769 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to abolish fees for part-time learners in higher education; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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768 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to put in place an overarching national structure for adult and community education co-ordinating structures at local level to be led by the VECs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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587 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to revise the eligibility criteria for the back to education allowance; if these payments will be extended to 12 months rather than the academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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379 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the provision of additional speech therapists for the Galway city area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her position on the release of genetically modified crops; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will backdate the top up payment under the farm retirement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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509 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the closing date for SAC submissions or objections can be extended to allow time for SAC observations to be submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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494 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application by a school (details supplied) in County Galway who have submitted a revised application to her Department in 2006 for a significant school expansion and larger playing area; when this work will receive approval from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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462 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the steps her Department have taken in the acquiring of a site for the building of a new school for the school which is catering for 197 pupils in temporary accommodation and paying a rent of €126,000 per year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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461 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of extra classroom accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Galway, which is currently catering for 358 pupils many of them in very bad conditioned prefabs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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227 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that the traditional annual horse racing can take place in 2007 at Errismore, Ballyconneely, County Galway where horse racing has taken place for hundreds of years; if he will clarify the objections the Wildlife Section of the Office of Public Works and the National Wildlife Parks have to the continuation of this traditional annual event; if he will make an order allowing this annual local racing to take place again in June 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the assertion made by a company (details supplied) that three out of four women will be dependent on someone else for their retirement income; his concerns regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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29 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of working and non-working women respectively who have personal or occupational pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied with the situation whereby 57% of people recently surveyed were found not to have an ability to speak Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has held discussions with the Department of Education and Science in relation to ensuring that the proposed Irish language teacher training centre in Baile Bhuirne, County Cork is opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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357 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding negotiations between the Health Service Executive and the Irish Pharmaceutical Union in relation to fees for the delivery of the community drugs schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the recent decision of the British Courts on the UK Government’s plans to expand its nuclear power network; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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138 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the electoral register; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Transport his views on measures to introduce driver simulators for learner drivers; when this will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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492 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if a design team has been appointed in order to advance the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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338 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement to the effect that she respects the independent identity, operational autonomy and ethos of a pregnancy care service (details supplied) by not making funding dependent on the service operating in a manner contrary to its ethos.
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178 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that there has been full co-operation from all professional staff in regard to all sections of the Mental Health Act 2001 which came into force in November 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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204 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases where admission orders were revoked in regard to the reviews by tribunals under the Mental Health Act 2001, in respect of involuntary admissions in November and December 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with representatives of a group (details supplied) with a view to availing of their accumulated expertise and technical knowledge in the matter of the future development of the broadcasting services with particular reference to the use of digital technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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145 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options for the development and the provision of the full range of Irish broadcasting services at home and abroad, whether by satellite or other means in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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333 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Health and Children if the model of care for children’s services in County Galway arising out of the implementation of the Disability Act 2005 and the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 has yet to be implemented; the nature of that plan; when she anticipates its full implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science the level of investment to be allocated by her Department in 2007 towards the refurbishment of science buildings and facilities at second level schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in the introduction of standardised testing at primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the manner in which his Department’s Consular Crisis Centre will operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had recent conversations with his European counterparts or members of the Government regarding Ireland’s role in EU co-operation in security and defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the criticism of the Revenue Commissioners by the Irish Taxation Institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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595 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a sewerage scheme in Roundstone, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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594 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a scheme in Spiddal, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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593 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a sewerage scheme in Carraroe, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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592 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a sewerage scheme in Oughterard, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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591 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a sewerage scheme in Clifden, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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512 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a site for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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309 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress achieved with the psychiatric nurses’ claim for parity of pay with therapeutic grades with consequential upward adjustment for all management grades effective from the end of the current sustaining programme agreement 30 June 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she is taking to develop the biofuel sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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138 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will backdate the top up payment under the farm retirement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Finance his proposals in the Finance Bill 2007 to provide exemption to non-profit making cultural organisations from VAT on the fees of visiting artists from outside Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1872 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the accountability he envisages against planning authority officials who have failed to enforce the planning laws resulting from An Bord Pleanála determinations in view of the fact that the Ombudsman highlighted the lack of enforcement on unauthorised quarries in his 2000 Annual Report.
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1871 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take to redress the numerous adverse effects, long sufferings and losses suffered by the many residents and land owners in neighbourhoods of unauthorised quarries due to local authorities not being responsible and not enforcing the planning laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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