48 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Defence the progress that has been made in regard to the civilianisation of all outstanding posts in the Defence Forces.
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10 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Defence when his Department intends placing advertisements in the national press seeking to recruit professional archivists who will be dedicated to making the military pension archive available to historians and to the public.
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89 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the discussions he has had with the British authorities regarding their plans for the introduction of an electronic border control system by 2009; if the Government will introduce a similar system here; the implications of the British decision for Ireland’s immigration control system; the implications for travel to and from Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he plans changes to the victim impact statement system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent report (details supplied) commissioned by the Courts Service, which described the Irish family courts system as shambolic and overcrowded; if he will implement the recommendations made in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the Central Statistics Office crime statistics for the third quarter of 2007; his further views on the continuing high level of crime and anti-social behaviour; the steps he will take to deal with this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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378 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science the status of an appeal for the continued special maintenance grant for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the population of the areas served by each of the regional drugs task force; the number of persons employed in each region; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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33 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number and location of the regional drugs task forces; the amount of money invested in these task forces over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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518 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the closed circuit television programme promised for an area (details supplied) in Dublin 24 may not be capable of being implemented due to a shortfall in funding; the steps he proposes to take in respect of the shortfall; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way and when he will increase eligibility for the carer’s allowance.
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76 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he proposes to take to improve the income of older pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the measures his Department will take, in view of the increase in child obesity, to promote sporting activities among young children and teenagers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the practice of false contracting being used across a wide range of industries in order that employers can avoid many of their duties towards employees; if he will engage in a public information campaign to highlight the legal situation surrounding false contracting and the methods available for reporting it; the number of false contracting cases identified in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his legislative priorities for the Thirtieth Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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614 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take to deal with the matter of the affordable housing clawback clause in relation to the proceeds of the sale of an affordable home should the market value of the home be less than when the home owner purchased it; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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564 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proportion of serving Gardaí who have information technology training; if basic competence in information technology is required for recruitment to the force; the proportion of the force that has regular resort to IT; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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563 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations that have internet access; the number that have e-mail accounts; the number generally equipped with broadband capability; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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498 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on discussions involving her Department and South Dublin County Council regarding a refurbishment project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, following the damning report of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture regarding the conditions in Irish prisons, and more particularly its conclusions on the lack of sanitation, adequate space and basic safety from violence for inmates and staff in Mountjoy, Limerick Prison and St. Patrick’s Institution, Ireland is in breach of its international obligations under the Convention Against Torture, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Convention on the Prevention of Torture; and if he will raise with his Government colleagues in general, and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform in particular the issues of non-compliance that arise.
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91 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will advance the proposal that a permanent secretariat be established in order to advance proposals for peace in the Middle East such as the road map for peace and other initiatives by the quartet and others.
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59 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport his policy in relation to the growing problem of larger vehicles parking in residential areas; the measures he will take to combat same; when he will comprehensively update the law in relation to parking; the further measures he will introduce in a newly updated law; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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19 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport the way he proposes to reform bus licensing; the timescale he is working to in this regard; when legislation will be published; and if he 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 status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; when a decision is due; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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342 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and when a decision is due; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children if the proposed relocation of the Central Mental Hospital to the Thornton Hall site will require planning permission; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to fulfil the commitment in the 2001 health strategy which stated that by the end of 2003 no adult would have to wait longer than six months for treatment and no child would have to wait longer than three months; the measures that will be taken on foot of recent figures indicating that 12,000 adults are waiting longer than six months and 2,200 children are waiting longer than three months; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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524 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí allocated to Tallaght and Limerick on 1 May 2007; the number of gardaí in the respective areas devoted to community policing on the same date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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523 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he attended the EU Justice Council on 12 and 13 June 2007; the stance he took on the Council Resolution to permit cross-border deployment of undercover officers in the fight against serious cross-border crime; the reason for the Government’s position; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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499 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for residency here from a person (details supplied) in County Clare since their entry into Ireland in July 2006.
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137 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the Government’s response to the ten specific amendments to the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 suggested by SIPO in its most recent annual report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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61 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the biofuels obligation will be delayed until 2009; the measures he will introduce in the interim to accelerate the level of biofuels in the fuel mix here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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291 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for leave to remain for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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217 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport and the Marine if he will take the necessary steps to cause transport to be provided for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will take the necessary steps to cause transport to be provided for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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171 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views regarding the incidence of resort to contracts for difference in the stock market here; his plans to outlaw the use of CFDs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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474 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application to have a certificate of registration renewed for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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473 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for a five year residency visa or permit for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if or when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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472 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for leave to remain for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; when or if a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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471 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for asylum for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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470 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for subsidiary protection and leave to remain for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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453 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for residency on the basis of marriage to an Irish national for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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438 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used in respect of each year from 1998 to date in 2007; the number of such cases in which prosecutions for murder were initiated; the number of such cases where convictions were secured; if he is satisfied with the level of detection and conviction in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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423 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will take the necessary steps to have transport provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and ifshe will make a statement on the matter.
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300 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport and the Marine his views on the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied).
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184 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on Central Statistics Office crime statistics for the second quarter of 2007 published on 20 July 2007; his further views on the continuing high level of crime and anti-social behaviour; the steps he will take to deal with this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date with regard to the Garda investigation into the shooting of a Garda in the North Strand area of Dublin on 25 September 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will publish the promised Property Services Regulatory Authority Bill; if the Bill will include provisions to regulate the operation of management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Defence the amount paid out in compensation payments and legal fees, arising from injury or illness claims by members of the Defence Forces in respect of each of the past five years; if he is satisfied that appropriate procedures are in place to minimise risk to members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Defence when the planned reconnaissance mission will be sent to Chad; when a final decision will be made on whether to send an Irish contingent to the region; the terms under which it is expected to operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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