315 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 453 of 15 June 2004 if the Snow report, prepared in February 1996 on behalf of the Irish Aviation Authority and entitled Air Navigation Services — Planning Review, confirms at paragraph 3.4.2 thereof that the then Team Aer Lingus and now FLS hangar was developed within the red zone during a period when his Department had full responsibility for air safety matters at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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314 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 293 of 29 November 2005 if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the manager of Waterford Regional Airport successfully appealed a notification of a decision by Waterford County Council to grant planning permission to a person (details supplied) for a proposed bungalow on family lands within a designated development cluster on the basis that the said site was located close to Waterford Airport and within a red zone that is a massive 3,000 metres in length and that the manager indicated in his letter of objection that, in accordance with established aviation practice, it is highly desirable to keep an area as shown on an attached drawing free of new developments; if his Department was aware of or approved this massive red zone that was designated prior to the establishment of the Irish Aviation Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, pursuant to Question No. 629 of 15 November 2005, the running costs associated with the CT scan for Ennis General Hospital as presented to the Health Service Executive; when same will be installed and operational; the type and specification of CT scan which will be installed; the envisaged amount of voluntary funding associated with the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the EU Commission regarding a derogations under the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans to ensure that farmers get a fair deal from the EU sugar reforms; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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190 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Land Registry office will expedite a file plan folio for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Land Registry office will expedite a file plan folio for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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491 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Defence if he has satisfied himself that the shape of the two-dimensional red zones at Casement Aerodrome are an accurate reflection of third party risk on the ground, or if his Department has proposals to alter the shape of such red zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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404 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a visa application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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383 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 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 lands covered by the said licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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373 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Land Registry Office will expedite the applications on a folio for persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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370 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Land Registry Office will expedite the applications on a folio for persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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348 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a whole territory approach was adopted in the application of the nitrates action plan when a nitrate vulnerable zone approach identifying those areas where groundwater is considered vulnerable could have been adopted; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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351 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the Government proposes to provide financial assistance to pig producers forced to cease production as a result of the nitrates action plan as has occurred under similar circumstances in the Netherlands and the UK; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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350 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if farmers importing pig manure from pig farmers will be able to obtain a derogation to allow them to apply more than 170 kg of organic nitrogen per hectare under the nitrates action plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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349 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the pig sector has been singled out for more stringent requirements under the nitrates action plan than other sectors of agriculture; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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347 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the implications of the proposed nitrates action plan for commercial pig production; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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335 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 22 November 2005 if his Department applies International Civil Aviation Organisation standards on the approaches to runways in the Gaeltacht or the islands; if so, his views on whether such standards impose restrictions on underlying land that in the main is in private ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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325 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 main runway 06/24 at Shannon Airport.
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324 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport the original length of the runway 06/24 at Shannon Airport; the extensions to the said runway inclusive of the length of such extensions and dates of construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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323 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 main runway 17/35 at Cork Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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322 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport the original length of main runway 17/35 at Cork Airport; the extensions to the said runway inclusive of the length of such extensions and dates of construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 211 of 2 November 2005, when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an ear and throat appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport, further to Question No. 437 of 22 November 2005, the indicatory cost of the western rail corridor project under the Transport 21 plan, in view of the fact that the overall cost of the plan will be €34.4 billion; the envisaged upper limit cost of the western rail corridor project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the social issues which lead to dependence on welfare; the action he is taking, or intends to take, to address these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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500 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of landowners that are affected by special areas of conservation together with the number of landowners that have received maps from his Department on which the areas in question are marked; the scale of such maps; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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495 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 30 May 2000, his views on whether the Snow report in question at paragraph 4.1.2 not alone admits that the maximum sized runway protection zones in the United States extend a mere 750m from runway thresholds of some of the busiest airports in the world; the reason the red zones or approach areas at what can only be regarded as a relatively insignificant and remote rural aerodrome such as Baldonnel extend 1,370m from the runway thresholds and 1,270m in the case of runway 05 as outlined at paragraph 5.1 of the said report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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368 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 380 of 2 March 2004, if the theft of an incorporeal hereditament was an offence prior to the enactment of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001; if so, under which Act such an offence arose; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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329 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive area aid payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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293 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if his Department ever issued recommendations relating to red zones at the regional airports; if so, the details of each such red zone inclusive of overall length, inner width and outer width in respect of each regional airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not qualified for a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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183 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for cataract surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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171 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there are proposals to extend Cork Regional Hospital; if so, the details of such proposal with respect to the size of the proposed extension and its approximate location; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason his Department awarded a below inflation increase to the national parks and wildlife service in the Book of Estimates 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to plans to increase the plastic bag levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if a public sector benchmark has been prepared in regard to the financing of the metro project as a public private partnership; the details of the way in which such a PPP will operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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230 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a primary school (details supplied) in County Clare regarding the purchase of a site; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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577 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Defence, further to Question No. 106 of 23 March 2004, the extent and total land area covered by the four sub-areas shown on the map forming part of the draft protected area order for Baldonnel that was prepared by his Department in the 1950s; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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459 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has an overpayment in their area aid compensation allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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458 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of an application under the surrender of dormant milk quota for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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454 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there are existing or proposed restrictions relating to development on private lands on the approaches to any airport runway in the Gaeltacht or the islands; if so, if such restrictions have been designated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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437 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport the provisions made for the cost of each phase of the western rail corridor project under the Transport 21 plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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435 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport further to Question No. 351 of 15 February 2005 which confirmed that a scheme showing restrictions that were considered necessary for the purposes of air safety at Shannon Airport was forwarded by his Department to Clare County Council, the reason his Department has failed to provide copies of such a scheme to a number of affected landowners who sought details of the origins of the massive invasive red zone over their lands; the further reason there is a culture of secrecy within his Department and associated agencies in relation to the red zones; if in future all details will be provided on request to affected landowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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394 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not qualify for the rent supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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215 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 126 of 30 June 2005, when the post of speech and language therapist will be replaced for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the establishment of four hospital networks as opposed to the ten previously announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date in 2005 in reducing the waiting lists for diabetes consultants; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of a cessation of turf cutting scheme application form for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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51 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a special designed bed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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382 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application regarding a school (details supplied) in County Clare for a summer works scheme 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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