461 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport the various flood attenuation measures his Department undertook or oversaw in order to eliminate or make provision for the potentially damaging effects of the associated large volumes of surface water run-off on both the local environment and individual properties along the banks of the Wad stream in view of the various substantial infrastructural developments, inclusive of massive paved areas, that have taken place at Dublin Airport prior to 1 January 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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460 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 7 February 2006 and in regard to his recent comments on a programme (details supplied) that the law is the law and that anybody who breaks the law breaks the law; his views on whether his Department and Aer Rianta in particular displayed utter contempt for the planning laws arising from the commercial operation of the unauthorised car parks in question where several thousand cars were regularly present over several summer periods in the 1990s; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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459 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if, in view of the controversy generated by the massive sizes of Irish red safety areas, on his recent visit to Singapore he examined such airport safety issues with particular regard to whether similar two-dimensional ground safety areas exist at Changi Airport that handled over 32 million passengers in 2005 and has two parallel runways each of which is 4,000 m long; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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453 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport the measures he has taken or proposes to take to alleviate public fears regarding the safety record of low-cost carriers at Shannon Airport and other airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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419 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person (details supplied) in County Clare could apply for a work permit for a South African as they have exhausted all other means of filling the position by a person within the enlarged EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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418 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Questions Nos. 121 to 124, inclusive, of 9 February 2006 if he intends to amend the existing legislation in order that directors of struck-off companies who have failed to honour Employment Appeals Tribunal awards made against them would be prevented from being or seeking to be directors of another company; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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417 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Questions Nos. 121 to 124, inclusive, of 9 February 2006 his views on amending the insolvency payments scheme in order that employees of struck-off companies would receive awards under the scheme when their employer has failed to honour Employment Appeals Tribunal awards; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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416 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Questions Nos. 121 to 124, inclusive, of 9 February 2006 the reason it took a three-month period for the enforcement unit of his Department to complete general preparatory work for the institution of legal proceedings against a company (details enclosed); his plans to shorten such preparatory periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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343 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures he proposes to take to provide grant aid or other forms of support for resident, home businesses and small to medium-sized enterprises located in areas remote from fixed line and wireless broadband services who wish to avail of satellite broadband services but are unable to meet the comparatively high costs of such services in view of the fact that he states on the Government website that broadband is an important tool for everybody in the 21st century; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce insulin pump therapy for diabetics in the Mid-Western Health Service Executive area similar to that available in the greater Dublin area; the number of type one diabetics in the mid-western Health Service Executive area; her views on the introduction of such therapy if there are no existing plans; the number of times diabetic children msut wait in the mid-western Health Service Executive area for check-ups; when she expects such waiting periods to be reduced to three months as an internationally recognised standard; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to issue guidelines in regard to the use of postcodes with particular reference to excluding the use of socioeconomic or personal information; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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321 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to provide grant aid for people buying stoves for burning wood chips, installing solar panels, installing geothermal heating systems and for other sources of renewable energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the full extent to which he envisages storage facilities in respect of gas and oil to be improved with a view to having a reasonable and improved stand-by supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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238 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Questions Nos. 475 and 476 of 31 January 2006, when the applications will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport the progress that has been made on decentralisation in County Clare; the number of people seeking transfer; the progress being made on provision of the buildings; the completion date for the new buildings; the date on which the transfer will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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145 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress in decentralisation in County Clare; the number of people seeking transfer; the progress on provision of the buildings; the completion date for the new buildings; the date on which the transfer will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Finance the progress which has been made on decentralisation in County Clare; the number of people seeking transfer; the progress being made on provision of the buildings; the completion date for the new buildings; the date on which the transfer will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an appointment for hip replacement; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a refund will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway in respect of nursing home charges; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to promote farmers’ markets; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she intends to take to address the problems experienced by farmers in the Shannon Callows as a result of current proposals which do not allow them to split their lands for grant aid purposes between REP scheme funding and funding allocated under the special areas of conservation and special protection area designation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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632 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to amend the law on compulsory purchase and compensation in view of the fact that the primary legislation in this area dates back to 1845; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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631 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department bore part of the total cost of the ERM report relating to public safety zones at the State airports; if so, the precise amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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604 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Defence, further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 13 November 2005, the number of landowners in the vicinity of Casement Aerodrome affected by the restrictions associated respectively with the two-dimensional red safety areas, the three-dimensional approach surfaces and the two-dimensional security zones; if each such affected landowner has been provided with adequate information on all such invasive restrictions inclusive of the provision of individual maps to an appropriate scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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523 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 534 of 8 November 2005 if a code of conduct applies to public servants with particular reference to those becoming aware of a breach of the law or serious wrongdoing; if such public servant is both morally and legally obliged to report such matters to an appropriate body; if so, to whom such matters should be reported; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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522 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Explosives Act 1875 contains a provision in respect of explosives factories that the owner of either an existing or proposed factory must either own or have sufficient control of lands surrounding such facility in order to obtain a licence from his Department; his proposals to amend this requirement on the part of such factory owners that might lead to a diminution of third party property rights on adjoining third party lands covered by the licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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500 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1152 of 25 January 2006, when a holiday visa application will be lodged for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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440 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport the background, commencement date and overall nature of the arrangement between his Department and the owners of a company (details supplied) in County Dublin that permitted the development of this massive complex, all of which is both directly under the busiest aircraft flight path here and, most critically, within the red safety area of runway 10/28; his views on whether the facilitation of such activities over the years by his Department is totally at odds with both the various safety edicts issued and numerous objections raised to various other lesser developments in the vicinity of Dublin Airport by his Department, Aer Rianta and the Irish Aviation Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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439 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 481 of 16 December 2003 and 419 of 3 February 2004 which confirmed respectively that whereas 466 pedestrian fatalities occurred on roads here for each of the years 1998 to 2002 no third party fatalities arose from aircraft crashes here during the very same period, if the €421,000 expended on the ERM report relating to purported public safety in the vicinity of airports here was a waste of taxpayers’ moneys and that such scarce moneys would have been far better used for example on road safety measures relating to pedestrian safety or even employing more driver testers to help reduce the massive numbers of drivers with provisional licences on roads here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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438 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if, in view of the proposed introduction of larger aircraft on long haul flights, there are plans to extend the existing main runway 10/28 at Dublin Airport in a westerly direction; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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398 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a permit for an extended stay will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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361 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Finance the number of large dams that are situated on Irish rivers together with the heights of such dams; the body responsible for their upkeep and maintenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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296 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends to amalgamate the catering section of Ennis General Hospital with that in St Joseph’s Hospital, Ennis; when the catering kitchen in Ennis General Hospital will be closed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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282 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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281 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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266 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 a medical card or a general practitioner visit card; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 832 of 29 September 2004, when a person, details supplied, in County Clare will be called for orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the purpose and function of the new Centre for Housing Research; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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194 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to amend the legislation in light of the recent report by a company (details supplied) which states that many of the decisions by An Bord Pleanála are completely at odds with Government housing policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if planning for the installation of closed circuit television for Ennis has commenced; if the revised timetable for implementation of a closed circuit television system for Ennis by the end of 2006 still stands; if not, when he envisages a closed circuit television system operating in the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he intends to take to prevent the directors of a company (details supplied) which was struck off forming or becoming directors of other companies while an Employment Appeals Tribunal award remains outstanding on the struck off company; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he intends to take to prevent the repetition of a situation whereby a period of almost two years can elapse between an Employment Appeals Tribunal award being determined and a company against which such an award has been made is struck off the Companies Register without legal action being initiated by his Department within that period to recover the amounts due; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the compensatory measures he intends to take for the inaction of his Department over a period of almost two years to initiate legal proceedings against a company (details supplied) following its failure to pay an Employment Appeals Tribunal award to one of its former employees and prior to it being struck off the Companies Register; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the failure of his Department to initiate legal proceedings against a company (details supplied) following its failure to pay an Employment Appeals Tribunal award to one of its former employees and prior to it being struck off the Companies Register; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress to date in 2006 on introducing a two-tier payment targeted at children in poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there is any State scheme for elderly people that will enable them to make their homes more fuel efficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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344 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 1334 of 28 September 2005, the position regarding the Broadford sewerage scheme; and if his Department has received a submission of Clare County Council’s revised preliminary report for the scheme for approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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276 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if he has received detailed plans and designs for each phase of the western rail corridor project from Iarnród Éireann; if not, when he expects to do so; the timeframe for the receipt of such plans; the projected cost of each phase of this project; his views on whether phase one will be completed by 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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270 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if discussions with a landowner for a suitable site for a new station house for the coastal unit at Doolin, County Clare are complete; the progress which has been made in the provision of a station house; the envisaged cost of constructing a station house; and if he 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 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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