130 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether an all party review of decentralisation is required in the national interest to conform more closely with the recommendations of the National Spatial Strategy in view of the aims of the National Development Plan 2007 to 2013 and its targeted funding for the nine regional gateways; his views on the potential loss of expertise and corporate knowledge as a result of the Government's decentralisation programme; his further views on whether this measure will gain sufficient applicants to meet decentralisation targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach his plans for official trips abroad during the first five months of 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on meetings he had with other EU leaders on the margins of the EU summit in Brussels.
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508 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a request from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 for assistance in order to complete the railing around the school; the length of time this request has been with her Department; if she will sanction the grant requested in view of a number of breaches of the school perimeter and the incomplete nature of the railing which is causing a hazard both to the school’s security and that of residents of neighbouring houses; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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317 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children the period by which waiting times will be reduced in relation to the A Vision For Change document and its reference to mental health services for children; the number of children’s in-patient facilities that will be available within the next 12 month period; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Defence his plans to mark the 50th anniversary of the involvement by the Irish Defence Forces in international peace keeping missions with the United Nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1846 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of planning applications received by local authorities in each quarter of 2006; if he will give similar figures for each quarter in 2004 and 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1685 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a new building was sanctioned by her in 2004 for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if her attention has been drawn further to the fact that to date no progress has been made by her Department in acquiring a site for the new building, that at present the school is full and unable to enrol pupils from the area who have made application and that this situation is exacerbated and continues to worsen due to the scale of housing development in the area leaving parents unable to find school places for their children; when her Department will acquire the site; when building will commence; when the school will be ready for occupation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1435 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the role of the National Council for Special Education and the National Educational Psychological Service in relation to proposals for the development of a new ABACUS school in Dundalk, County Louth; the aforementioned services that are responsible for assessing applicants for places in such schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1421 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the role of the National Council for Special Education and the National Educational Psychological Service in relation to proposals for the development of a new ABACUS school in Dundalk, County Louth; the service which is responsible for assessing applicants for places in such schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1073 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the completion of the Shamrock Rovers stadium in Tallaght; if it remains his position as set out in reply to an adjournment debate on 9 February 2006, that the stadium should be used primarily for soccer and that there would be considerable cost implications and further delays if the stadium had to be adjusted to cater for Gaelic games; the discussions he has had with either the FAI or the GAA with a view to resolving the current dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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784 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on amending the Health Act 1970 to include persons with acute rheumatoid arthritis in the long term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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551 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance if it is correct that stamp duty is payable on the purchase of a site where the purchasers (details supplied) in Dublin 24 bought a site with the intention of building a house on it and living there as owner occupier; if it is payable, the threshold for such first time purchaser to be liable to stamp duty; if it is currently payable, his proposals to introduce equity between the treatment for stamp duty purposes of first time buyers of new dwelling houses for personal occupation and those who buy sites of land in order to build dwelling houses for their personal occupation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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332 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if disciplinary proceedings have been initiated or if any are contemplated against any member of the Garda arising from the Report of the Commission of Investigation into the Dean Lyons case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the terms of reference given to the Company Law Review Group for their investigation into the report from the EU Commission entitled Study on the Economic Impact of Auditors’ Liability Regimes, as referred to in the statement of 3 January 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his position on software patents; the position the Government took on the proposed Computer Implemented Inventions Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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31 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he expects the March 2007 deadline for the holding of new elections in Northern Ireland to be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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29 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he plans to visit the United States around St. Patrick’s Day 2007; the programme agreed for such a visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach when he last met the British Prime Minister to discuss the situation in Northern Ireland; when he expects to meet him next; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, in London on 4 December 2006.
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12 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach the discussions he has had with the British Government or British Prime Minister regarding developments at Stormont on 24 November 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he regards the statement made by Dr. Ian Paisley during the session of the Northern Ireland Assembly on 24 November 2006 as meeting the requirements of the St. Andrews Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach his views on developments at Stormont on 24 November 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach the number of persons with disabilities employed in his Department; if he is satisfied with the progress made in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he expects that the promised Green Paper on Pensions will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has completed his consideration of the recent report he received from the Pensions Board entitled Special Savings for Retirement Report on Mandatory Pension System; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on whether the RAPID programme has received sufficient resources to allow it to fulfil its mandate towards Ireland’s most disadvantaged communities; his further views on whether a new programme is required to target the small number of areas here where deep-seated poverty remains a serious problem; if he is considering the introduction of such a new initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he has received a request from Mr. Paddy MacEntee for a further extension of the deadline for the completion of his investigations into aspects of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; if it is intended to grant the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting on 30 November 2006 with relatives of those who died in the Miami Showband massacre.
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3 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he has received a copy of the report of the sub-committee of the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women’s Rights into the Barron report on the bombing of Kay’s Tavern and other incidents; the action he has taken arising from the report; if he has plans to raise the report with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach the number of staff broken down by grade in private offices and constituency offices in respect of himself and each Minister of State within his Department; the annual costs in terms of salaries and expenses of each such office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach the cost in terms of salaries and expenses of political advisers or other political staff within his Department in respect of each year from 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the communications unit within his Department; if it is intended that the unit will continue to work during the period following the dissolution of Dáil Éireann in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for further development of the probation service; the additional resources that will be provided for the service having regard to additional responsibilities arising from the Criminal Justice Act 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the consideration of the new draft Garda discipline regulations by the Garda Conciliation Council; when he expects that the new regulations will be in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport when he expects the 100 private sector operated buses to be fully deployed and operating in Dublin; the areas they will serve; the estimated cost of these buses and services to the Exchequer; and the funding set aside for these buses in the Book of Estimates 2007.
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70 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport the funding stream for the provision of quality bus corridors; the amount available in 2007; the amount available under Transport 21; the amount provided in each of the years since 2002 and to date in 2006; the amount drawn down in each of those years; and the persons by whom it was drawn down and the project in relation to same.
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2 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach the outcome of the November 2006 meeting of the cross-departmental team on housing and infrastructure; when the team is next due to meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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223 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance his proposals to introduce equity between the treatment for stamp duty purposes of first time buyers of new dwelling houses for personal occupation and those who buy sites of land in order to build dwelling houses for their personal occupation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress in implementing the recommendations of the Government’s ten-year mental health policy, A Vision for Change; her views on claims that human rights are being fundamentally breached by the Government’s neglect of the mental health sector.
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91 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children the location and number of community nursing beds provided to date in 2006 and in 2005; the number of beds lost in the same period; the locations of these beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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