564 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Defence, further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 525 of 7 February 2006 and 650 of 14 February 2006, if a person (details supplied) in County Clare was before a medical board on 5 July 2005 as previously stated.
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481 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed in Ennis division during 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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297 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will be lobbying for the enacting of the McCain-Kennedy Bill for immigration reform in the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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290 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to Question No. 267 of 19 April 2005, if funding will be provided to increase the pier at Doonbeg, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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257 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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225 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an application for subvention will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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190 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of a dementia unit for a day care centre and a nursing home (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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155 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport when proposals to deal with and to prosecute persons who use drugs and drive will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport when the mutual recognition of driver disqualification and penalty points between Ireland and the UK will be implemented on roads here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if he is proposing to include for the joint committee under Article 17 of the US-EU Air Transport Agreement a periodic review of the way in which the new open skies regime will affect Shannon Airport following the ending of the dual gateway policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position within the top half of EU countries the Government’s broadband target is aimed at by the end of 2007; if more ambitious targets are being aimed at for beyond that date; when the Government expects to be in the top ten of EU countries for broadband provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of an application under the housing aid for the elderly for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the report on deaths in Leas Cross nursing home will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her Department’s view on the recommendations of the pharmacy review group and the way in which these recommendations cannot be implemented in the changed commercial environment in primary care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport the extent to which the Government will be curtailed by Article 14 of the EU draft open skies agreement with the US from implementing an emissions trading scheme; his position and that of the Government’s regarding Article 14; if the Government will be proposing amendments to Article 14 to the European Commission prior to the agreement being ratified by the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport the discussions currently taking place between his Department officials and EU Commission aviation officials; the way in which these discussions relate to the dual gateway policy at Shannon Airport and to the EU open skies agreement with the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Question No. 394 of 22 November 2005, the status of an application regarding rent supplement for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a further three hours of home help will be allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not qualify for 40 hours for a personal assistant; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of tourists to Ireland who rent vehicles while on holiday here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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505 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to the confirmation by the Minister for Transport by way of reply to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 7 February 2006 that there have been no aircraft accidents whatsoever or associated third party fatalities in any of the red zones at any of the State airports since their introduction in 1968, the rationale for the replacement of such massive red zones with the proposed but even larger public safety zones at the State airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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457 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science if grant aid for major capital works at a school (details supplied) in County Clare will be granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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423 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether under the proposals of the liquor licensing consolidation Bill, the ad interim transfer system for new owners of pubs will be replaced by a system whereby the new owner or tenant must immediately apply for a new licence to the courts, that they must give 14 days’ notice and produce a tax clearance certificate, that such a transfer could be refused if an objection of an undue risk of either public nuisance or of a threat to public order or safety was upheld, that such a system would have the unintended consequences of severely constraining the freedom of publicans to transfer ownership of licensed premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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379 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if payment has been lodged in the national reserve for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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319 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport the number of aircraft movements and passenger numbers at each of the regional airports in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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318 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 15 June 2004, the names and addresses of all the landowners affected by the protected areas in question in Counties Dublin and Mayo together with the names and addresses of those similarly affected by the recently enacted SI No. 777 of 2005 in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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282 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures he intends to take in order that passport applicants in their earlysixties, particularly those aged 64, would not have to pay €75 for a ten-year passport when, at the age of 65, they are entitled to a passport for free; his views on extending the five year or reactivating the one year passport schemes for such applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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217 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 14 February 2006, if any code of standards and behaviour applied to the Civil Service prior to the code that was promulgated in September 2004; if the latter code applies also to semi-State; if an alternative code applies to such employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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208 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an application for subvention for a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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203 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive’s intention to amalgamate the catering section of Ennis General Hospital with that in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Ennis, resulting in the closure of the catering kitchen in Ennis General Hospital, is a precursor to the hospital being relegated to the status of a local hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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178 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the provisions or reliefs for the parents or guardians of children with cerebral palsy or other special needs to lessen the financial burden when they are purchasing houses with the needs of their charges in mind; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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155 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be called for a bypass operation in the Mater Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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154 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for the renewal of medical cards for persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Finance if he has exercised his powers to block the emergence of a common corporate tax base; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport further to his failure to address the issue in his response to a submission in Dáil Éireann on 16 February 2006, if the Government intends to subsidise the operations of Iarnród Éireann between Ennis and Galway and subsequent routes on the western rail corridor when it re-opens, similarly to the other subsidised routes on the Iarnród Éireann network; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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32 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Defence the number of nuclear, chemical and biological suits available to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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328 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Clare will qualify under the building programme announced shortly for a extra classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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316 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 1173 of 25 January 2006 if the Land Registry office will expedite an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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303 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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285 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures which are being taken to tackle the growing problem of the invasive species, Japanese knotweed, in rural areas of County Clare and other parts of the country; the budget available for eradication measures; if her Department is liaising with local authorities on eradication measures; her views on listing same on the Noxious Weeds Act 1936 in view of the fact that it is listed on the global invasive species database as one of the world’s 100 worst invasive alien species and is also listed on the UK Wildlife and Countryside Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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215 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Finance the measures he intends to take to prevent the banks and the financial institutions from making exorbitant commissions from equity-based SSIAs, amounting to sums almost equal to the Government top-up; his views on whether the appropriation of such commissions would have a damaging effect on engendering a savings culture among the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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208 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a speech therapist will be replaced at a medical centre (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government is supporting humanitarian aid programmes in Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps being taken to assist the undocumented Irish in the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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678 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide additional funding to local authorities to enable them to provide additional resources to their planning offices to meet with the increased demands being placed on them by the public and public representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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667 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Government proposes to abolish the existing two dimensional red zones that are also known as red safety areas in view of the proposed designation of the two dimensional public safety zones at the State airports in accordance with the recommendations contained in the ERM report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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650 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 7 February 2006, if a person (details supplied) in County Clare was before a medical board on 5 July 2005; if the issue is a question of fitness; if the desired standard of medical classification could be achieved through physical training; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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648 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 29 November 2005, if the Snow report in question at paragraph 4.1.2 unequivocally acknowledges that there are no two-dimensional public safety zones in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Spain or France; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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570 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 709 of 26 January 2005 and 456 of 4 October 2005, the status of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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497 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not receive entitlements or the single farm payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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