346 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the percentage of persons with disabilities employed in his Department and in each body under his aegis; the guidelines issued by which this data is to be recorded in the public service; the nature of the disabilities; the levels of employment; the percentage of the total numbers of persons with disabilities in each sector who are holders of third level qualifications; the precise definition of disability which is used in the public service to meet the 3% quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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338 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has or intends to make representations to the South African Government in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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334 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the percentage of persons with disabilities employed in his Department and in each body under his aegis; the guidelines issued by which this data is to be recorded in the public service; the nature of the disabilities; the levels of employment; the percentage of the total numbers of persons with disabilities in each sector who are holders of third level qualifications; the precise definition of disability which is used in the public service to meet the 3% quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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313 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the percentage of persons with disabilities employed in his Department and in each body under his aegis; the guidelines issued by which this data is to be recorded in the public service; the nature of the disabilities; the levels of employment; the percentage of the total numbers of persons with disabilities in each sector who are holders of third level qualifications; the precise definition of disability which is used in the public service to meet the 3% quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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278 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of persons with disabilities employed in his Department and in each body under his aegis; the guidelines issued by which this data is to be recorded in the public service; the nature of the disabilities; the levels of employment; the percentage of the total numbers of persons with disabilities in each sector who are holders of third level qualifications; the precise definition of disability used in the public service to meet the 3% quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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243 Mr. Carey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the percentage of persons, with disabilities employed in her Department and in each body under her aegis; the guidelines issued by which this data is to be recorded in the public service; the nature of the disabilities; the levels of employment; the percentage of the total numbers of persons with disabilities in each sector who are holders of third level qualifications; the precise definition of disability which is used in the public service to meet the 3% quota; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Mr. Carey asked the Taoiseach the percentage of persons, with disabilities employed in his Department and in each body under his aegis; the guidelines issued by which this data is to be recorded in the public service; the nature of the disabilities; the levels of employment; the percentage of the total numbers of persons with disabilities in each sector who are holders of third level qualifications; the precise definition of disability which is used in the public service to meet the three per cent quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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222 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 is entitled to reimbursement for private medical treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Mr. Carey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of diabetes patients here who are in receipt of a GMS or LTI card to date in 2005 and in 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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591 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has examined the case of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 for permanent accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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264 Mr. Carey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is any source of funding within her Department which would assist CASA to have a secure funding stream to support the running of its two break houses as only 2.3% of the organisation’s income comes from public funds (details supplied); and ifshe will make a statement on the matter.
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523 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 787 of 14 June 2005, if she has initiated discussion with the trustees of a school (details supplied) with a view to discharging the leasehold on the property; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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310 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 should pay tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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326 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science her Department’s budget for literacy in adults in each year from 2000 to 2005; if there is a separate literacy budget for the Prison Service; the amount which has been allocated to the City of Dublin Vocational Educational Committee for literacy initiatives in each of the years 2000 to 2005; the number of literacy organisers who are employed in the Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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744 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason, in view of the enormous workload of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who is employed as part-time secretary cannot be approved and funded by her Department to work in a full-time capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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743 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science her budget for literacy in adults in each year from 2000 to 2005; if there is a separate literacy budget for the Prison Service; the amount which has been allocated to the City of Dublin Vocational Educational Committee for literacy initiatives in each of the years already mentioned; the number of literacy organisers who are employed in the Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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400 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science the extent of the support of her Department to a project (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the overall commitment of her Department to same in view of the correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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399 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the correspondence regarding the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) arrangements will be made to have the case of this person’s pension entitlement re-examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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362 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will establish the reason a commitment made by the probation and welfare section of his Department that it would provide financial assistance in the sum of €150,000 to the YAP-Horizons project in Ballymun has not been fulfilled; if he will ensure that this support is forthcoming, as in its absence, the project will have a serious funding shortfall, which will have an impact on the ability of the project to respond to the need of a vulnerable cohort of young persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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221 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science if the needs of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be assessed with a view to providing appropriate transport for them as they are receiving short-term support from the Health Service Executive which is due to end shortly; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Finance when a tax rebate will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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531 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is the intention of the implementation of the WEEE directive that goods, such as electric toothbrushes and children’s battery-powered toys, will be subject to the recycling charge in the same way that large white goods are charged; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1189 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason an application for a VEC maintenance grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has been refused; the further reason the SSIA account of this person’s parents is included as reckonable income; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1186 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science if discussions regarding the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 9 have proceeded to the stage where an agreement is likely on the outcome; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1185 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science if a suitable location has been found to accommodate the needs of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1184 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science if there is any financial assistance available from her Department to enable a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 to purchase a computer suite for the principal’s use; if there is any other financial assistance for a school in a start-up situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1201 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science if consideration has been given to a unit (details supplied) in the Residential Institutions Redress Board’s additional schedule; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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994 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the grant support which has been made available to a group (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in the current round of grants; if any finance is available to it to assist with the group’s administration costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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993 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is intended to proceed with the installation of a closed circuit television system in Finglas; if it is intended that this project await the construction of the new Finglas Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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748 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will explain the policy rationale behind the decision to transfer recipients of deserted wife’s benefit to one-parent family payment; if he will investigate this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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567 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the incentives which are available from his Department or from agencies associated with it, to encourage research into the production of biofuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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514 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Finance when construction will begin on the new Finglas Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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235 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress being made through consular and other officials on a possible appeal, retrial or repatriation of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Mr. Carey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an allocation for the fitting out of Ballymun health centre has been made in the recent capital allocations from her Department; if so, the amount of that allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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756 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science if there is a funding mechanism within her Department to enable works to be carried out at a school (details supplied) Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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718 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 787 of 14 June 2005 regarding her Department’s leasehold interest in a property, the nature of this leasehold interest; the length of the lease; the number of years outstanding; the financial and legal implications for the Department in disengaging from this lease; if her Department holds a priority interest in the property; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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621 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are any circumstances when persons (details supplied), who are prisoners in the UK, will be considered for repatriation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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579 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the application by a group (details supplied) for funding under the EOCP will be determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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486 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, with regard to the Carmichael Centre for voluntary groups, it has been decided whether the lead funder will be his Department or the Department of Health and Children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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485 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the Carmichael Centre, details supplied, will be provided with €320,000 in multi-annual core funding by the Government as recommended in the independent consultant’s report presented at the end of April 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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298 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Finance when a tax rebate will be made to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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233 Mr. Carey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 is likely to receive orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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211 Mr. Carey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the HSE is delaying the approval process for a joint paediatric/adolescent endocrinologist/diabetologist for 7/4 session split between Temple Street Children’s Hospital and the Mater Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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236 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the special circumstances of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11, the staffing allocation will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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533 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science if a decision will be made on the allocation of special needs assistants to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Finance if the OPW is making arrangements for the temporary transfer of Ballymun Garda Station and the Ballymun office of the Department of Social and Family Affairs to Stormanstown House; if so, when this temporary location will be ready for occupation; the length of time this location will be in use; if these offices will have exclusive use of the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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853 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a definition of the profession architect which is recognised nationally and internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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787 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has been notified by the trustees of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 of its intention to close this school; if her Department has interests in the property which need to be discharged prior to the disposal of the building; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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785 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science if the trustees of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 9 have notified her Department of the outcome of discussions on the amalgamation of the schools; if so, when this will take effect; if it is proposed to relocate into the vacated school building in time for occupation at the beginning of the new school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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693 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science if any scheme exists within her Department whereby a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be assisted with additional funds to allow it to employ a full-time caretaker and full-time secretary; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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