298 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department in those years; the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts; the steps which have been taken to reduce the expenditure on consultancy and the reliance on consultants by his Department in these years and for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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253 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount of expenditure on consultancy by her Department in each of the years 2000 to 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by her Department in those years; the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts and the steps which have been taken to reduce the expenditure on consultancy and the reliance on consultants by her Department in these years and for the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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193 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance the amount of expenditure on consultancy by the Revenue Commissioners in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by Revenue Commissioners in those years; the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts; the steps which have been taken to reduce the expenditure on consultancy and the reliance on consultants by the Revenue Commissioners in these years and for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department in those years; the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts; the steps which have been taken to reduce the expenditure on consultancy and the reliance on consultants by his Department in these years and for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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155 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of expenditure on consultancy by her Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by her Department in those years; the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts; the steps which have been taken to reduce the expenditure on consultancy and the reliance on consultants by her Department in these years and for the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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140 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department in those years; the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts; the steps which have been taken to reduce the expenditure on consultancy and the reliance on consultants by his Department in these years and for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made on commitments given on the provision of dedicated beds and other care services for people with cystic fibrosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce regional structures and integration of acute and PCCC care in these regions; the timeframe for same; the addition or reduction of managerial staff that will result; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new jobs she expects to be created during 2008 in regard to manufacturing and to other sectors; the way these compare to figures each year since 2002.
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14 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the latest estimates available to her Department from FÁS regarding the potential number of job losses in the construction sector up to the end of 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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343 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions brought and convictions secured for an offence under section 9 of the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 in each year since its enactment; the number of such prosecutions that related to terrorist and to other serious crimes; if there are proposals to amend the law in order to keep the section as part of the permanent criminal law rather than as an extraordinary provision requiring annual renewal by both Houses of the Oireachtas; if there are proposals to remove the exclusion of offences of a sexual nature from the range of offences covered by the provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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281 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions initiated to date under section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006; the number of convictions secured; the number of cases pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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270 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the decision to deport persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cuts in services provided by or funded through his Department arising from Budget 2009 decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans for a rationalisation of State boards or bodies for which his Department has responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action the Government will take arising from the two final reports from the Morris Tribunal, published on 7 October 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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61 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the criticism made in the Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General regarding the fact that more than 200 Garda vehicles, purchased in 2006 at a cost of €3.8 million, were not put into service until 2008; if changes are planned to purchasing or commissioning procedures to prevent such waste of public money and to ensure that vehicles are promptly brought into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the anticipated savings that will be made in terms of salaries and other costs arising from the budget 2009 announcement of the rationalisation of State agencies for which his Department is responsible; the reason for the reduction of 24% in the budget of the Irish Human Rights Commission and 43% in that of the Equality Authority; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by both bodies regarding the consequences of the reductions; if he will ensure that both bodies have adequate funds to discharge their statutory duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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224 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 5 June 2008, if a decision has been made on the mentioned application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport when he will allocate the 320 plus additional buses that are needed for the Dublin Bus fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport when he will introduce new and updated bus licensing legislation; if the heads of a Bill to deal with bus licensing have been drawn up or sent to Cabinet for consideration; the provisions the new legislation will contain; his views on ongoing complaints regarding the lack of licensing legislation from CIE and private bus operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Pricewaterhouse Cooper investigation into the balance sheets of the Irish banks covered by the credit institutions financial support scheme; the extent to which he has liaised with the Financial Regulator on the matter; the terms of reference for this investigation; if, having regard to the public interest in the reliability of the banks’ balance sheets, this report will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance the reason dated subordinated debt is included in the credit institutions financial support scheme; the representations received by him or his officials in respect of the inclusion of dated subordinated debt in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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374 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science if delegation orders have been made in respect of the duties of each Minister of State at his Department; when each order was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on progress being made in relation to the future of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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106 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the present position in North Korea; if North Korea was discussed at the recent Europe-China meeting; and if so, the intervention the Irish delegation made on this subject.
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307 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way the budget 2009 proposals in respect of the future of the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority will be implemented in practice; the estimated savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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306 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the savings that will accrue from the decision to abolish the National Crime Council; the number of times the NCC met in 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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257 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will receive treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children if the contract signed with the Irish Medical Organisation to allow persons over 70 years automatic entitlement to medical cards provides that general practitioners’ payments may not be changed without the explicit agreement of the IMO; if she will outline what those payment terms were then and what they are today; if she will lay a copy of the contract in the Library of the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide additional funding to the forest grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the possibility that further delays in the Corrib gas project will cause gas shortages in the winter of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of occasions he attended the Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Strategy; the amount of times it has met in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to address the four key environmental challenges, including reversing environmental degradation through water pollution and the conservation status of habitats, identified in the Environmental Protection Agency report on the state of the environment published in October 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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38 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to address the four key environmental challenges, including mainstreaming environmental considerations across all sectors of the economy, identified in the Environmental Protection Agency report on the state of the environment published in October 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Defence the number of recruits that will be taken into the Defence Forces throughout 2008, broken down in respect of the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service; the number expected to be recruited during 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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65 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Defence the progress made in the civilianisation of the Defence Forces arising from the pay agreement and modernisation agenda agreed with the Defence Forces representative associations in the context of the Towards 2016 Partnership Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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325 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí allocated to a division (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans regarding the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion and in particular the high level goals in relation to welfare support for children.
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39 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concerns that applications for residency from persons outside of the EU area, and particularly from South African citizens, who are in possession of work permits that have been going astray within his Department; if he is satisfied that adequate procedures are in place to record and process all such applications; the number of such applications that are believed to have gone astray in 2007 and to date in 2008; the average time taken to process an application for residency within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount of public moneys that have been expended to date on preparation for the construction of the National Children’s Hospital at the Mater Hospital site; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children if it remains Government policy to proceed with the construction of a new National Children’s Hospital at the Mater Hospital site; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children if there is grant assistance or funding available towards the cost of an assessment and sessional occupational therapy for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position as it pertains in Somalia in view of the fact that there has been widespread displacement and a threat of famine; if his Department has been asked to assist in non-governmental organisations gaining access to the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to fulfil the commitment in the programme for Government to meet the UN target of 0.7% of GDP assigned to overseas development aid by 2012.
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239 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport the reason there is a discrepancy between the Vehicle Registration Office and the Motor Tax Office whereby a vehicle (details supplied) is recorded as having two owners on the Vehicle Registration Office database and five owners on the database of the Motor Tax Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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155 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if there is a national policy of registration and vetting of volunteers and workers within the arts and sports environment similar to a Garda vetting process; if not, his plans to introduce such a scheme to ensure the protection of the young and vulnerable; if best practice amongst organisations who receive funding is considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the status of the National Sports Facilities Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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222 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a two year wait for speech therapy assessment at a health centre (details supplied) in Dublin 24; the steps being taken to address these problems; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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286 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason works at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6W scheduled to start in June 2008 did not commence; when these works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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