265 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Question No. 218 of 2 June 2005 the status of an application for permission to remain here for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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244 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to replace or improve the early retirement scheme which she has said in press statements recently has ran its course; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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235 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 321 of 11 October 2005, when headage payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 5 October 2005, when repairs will be carried out to a house under the housing aid for the elderly scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the system by which the one-parent family payment operates encourages discrimination against fathers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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38 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to reassess the system by which the one-parent family payment is awarded; his views on whether the payment encourages women to raise children on their own; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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209 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport the date of completion and the date of receipt of a final report (details supplied); the final administrative cost of same; the way in which this compares with the initial estimate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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207 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 636 of 27 April 2004, his views regarding the decision to delete from the Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Bill 1997 the provision relating to the grant of protected area powers to a company (details supplied); his further views on whether such anomaly is a classic example of Juvenal’s dilemma as to whether persons are guarding the guards themselves so to speak; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 36 of 21 June 1995, his views relating to the technical rationale for the planning objections and appeals lodged over many years by a company (details supplied) regarding numerous private developments in the vicinity of Dublin Airport; his further views on whether the new Dublin Airport Authority will behave in a similar manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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175 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to predict the effect of tidal surges in the Irish sea on low lying areas of Dublin by way of risk modelling; if so, the risk levels that will be used in such modelling; if he proposes to introduce land use restrictions based on such risk studies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when windows will be replaced for a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the housing aid for the elderly; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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317 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Finance if he will lift the ban on public sector recruitment for health and ambulance personnel in the forthcoming budget in the interests of public safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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241 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will meet a deputation (details supplied) regarding the extension of cover to 24 hours for a town’s ambulance station service; if she will provide the funding through the Health Service Executive so that extra emergency medical technician personnel can be employed for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the current level of fines, detection and punishment for litter offences are a sufficient deterrent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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599 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the remedial measures he will take to deal with the ecological problem and nuisance issue posed by the non-collection of farm plastic not covered by the current levy system in association with the Irish Farm Film Producers Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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598 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allocate a special fund in consultation with the Irish Farm Film Producers Group to deal with the backlog of farm plastic not covered by the current levy system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science where the responsibility lies for safety of children and parents outside primary schools; the responsibility that her Department or the local authority has to provide car parking in the interest of safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the plans that are in place to issue a stamp in 2006 commemorating Michael Cusack, the founder of the GAA, on the centenary of his death; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the €20 million upgrade project of Ennis General Hospital; when the project will go to the next phase; the timeframe for the overall project; when tendering for the project will commence; when it is expected that building will commence if given an expeditious planning process; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if, further to negotiations ongoing at EU level and with the US on the implementation of an open skies policy, he will commission an impact study on the effect such a policy will have on Shannon and Cork airports, in view of the experience of other states which have implemented a similar policy.
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86 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport the transition period he envisages for Shannon Airport maintaining its stopover arrangement following the introduction of any open skies agreement between the EU and the US.
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793 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the purchase notice provisions contained in section 29 of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act 1963 were omitted from the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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792 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the proposed guidelines on the designation of public safety zones at the State airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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768 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 294 of 28 June 2005 and 503 of 28 September 2005, if he will consider allocating the premises presently occupied by the FCA (details supplied) in County Clare to the local Red Cross; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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728 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a refund in college fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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564 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 366 and 381 of 4 October 2005, if he will list the additional opportunities for Shannon Airport arising from an EU-US open skies regime in the context of the conclusion that the regime will present some difficulties for Shannon unless active and forceful supporting activities are undertaken (details supplied).
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559 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if ICAO standards exist in relation to runway end safety areas; if so, if he will outline such standards; if such standards have been applied at all of the runway ends at each of the State airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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558 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport the cost to date of the consultancy services provided by a company (details supplied) in respect of the report on public safety zones at the State airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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557 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if Castlemoate House near Dublin Airport was acquired by his Department by compulsory acquisition; if so, the reason for such compulsory acquisition and the date of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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503 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position relating to the implementation of Directive 2003/105/EC; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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379 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the private contractor who was sold stone from the recently demolished veterinary college in Ballsbridge, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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378 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Finance the amount which his Department or the Office of Public Works was paid for the sale of stone from the recently demolished veterinary college in Ballsbridge, Dublin, to a private contractor; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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377 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Finance the provisions which have been put in place to reuse the stone and other materials from the recently demolished veterinary college in Ballsbridge, Dublin, in Office of Public Works projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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376 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Finance if the veterinary college in Ballsbridge, Dublin, which was recently demolished, was a listed building, and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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214 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on improving the inspection regimes for all residential nursing homes for the elderly in all health regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it is Government policy to provide hospice care for persons dying in the home; if so, if it is available nationwide; under what criteria can this care be accessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the proposed academy for the performing arts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the projected timescale for the redevelopment of the Lansdowne Road Stadium; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources Ireland’s position in the European league in terms of the cost of mobile telephone usage; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of potential customers throughout the country who have so far been unable to obtain broadband services; if he will issue instructions to the regulator or the service providers to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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321 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive their headage payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a hearing aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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181 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 the community paediatrician; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of children currently being carried by the school bus service; the way in which this compares with each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the dispute involving the transport of children to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick has yet to be resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the support being given to the African Union mission in the Darfur region of Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the political, humanitarian and security situation in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 115 of 1 February 2005 and Question No. 225 of 12 April 2005, when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a full assessment of their needs in order for any equipment to be issued from the Health Services Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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185 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an application for housing aid for the elderly 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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183 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an application for housing aid for the elderly for persons (details supplied) in County Clare will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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