14 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to make the purchase of sex an offence; if he has made any assessment of the present legislative developments in Sweden in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the latest information available to him on the security threat posed by dissident paramilitary organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance the purchase price paid for a site (details supplied) adjacent to Mountjoy Prison on the North Circular Road which was acquired in 2007 with a view to maximising the redevelopment potential of the Mountjoy site; the current estimated value of the site; the plans for the site in view of the delay in the construction of the Thornton Hall prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she is in a position to release the remaining funds which were allocated for refurbishment work at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport the progress made on the integrated ticketing project for Dublin to date; when he expects integrated ticketing to be operational across all public transport service providers; the reason it has taken so long to develop the system; the cost to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance the number of times he has met with the Taoiseach regarding Government business during the Dáil recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of physiotherapists currently employed or contracted by the Health Service Executive in each HSE region; her plans to increase this number; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of community welfare officers currently employed in each Health Service Executive region; if there are any plans to make further staff and resources available to CWO in view of the increasing demands being placed upon them due to increased unemployment levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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217 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport having regard to his policy on e-working as set out in Smarter Travel — A Sustainable Transport Future, if he will provide details of the number of civil servants in his Department who are currently e-working; his plans to increase the number of civil servants availing of e-working; if he will provide details of the numbers of civil servants he would hope to have e-working by end 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the progress made on the restructuring of an insurance group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the discussions between him and his officials with their EU counterparts in respect of the proposed common consolidated corporate tax base; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1761 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the inquiry into the allegations that Irish Army officers were involved in purchasing arms on the black market in South Africa for a group operating in the Seychelles; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1150 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his Department has collated the information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 25 May 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1142 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if, in view of the findings of the UK Association of Chief Police Officers “Setting the Record” report, he will direct An Garda Síochána to take more proactive measures to locate and assist victims of trafficking here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1141 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the “Setting the Record” report released in August 2010 by the Association of Chief Police Officers in the UK which found a minimum of 2,600 of the estimated 17,000 migrant women involved in the UK’s off-street sex industry are victims of human trafficking and that another 9,600 are considered vulnerable migrants and, in view of its findings, whether the figures for Ireland where his Department has identified six suspected victims of sex trafficking in 2009 demonstrate that his policy is failing trafficked women and girls; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools who have not availed of the broadband service being offered by her Department; the reason they have not availed of same; the name, address and roll number of each school which has availed of the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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414 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Department’s secondary salary section is not paying out the bike grant to secondary school teachers until 2011; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that the reason given is that there are too many secondary teachers and that applications will only be processed once per year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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232 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to correspondence between persons (details supplied) and the Assistant Garda Commissioner for the western region, regarding complaints about defects, inadequacies and incompetence in the conduct of Garda Síochána disciplinary proceedings against a member arising from the Garda investigation; if he has sought information on these complaints; if he is satisfied the disciplinary proceedings were conducted in an appropriate manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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230 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform in view of the administrative rules governing the visas issued to domestic workers employed in embassies/consular/diplomatic households, the name of this specific type of visa; the terms and conditions of this visa and the criteria for issuing them; if there is a difference between the type of visa issued to household workers recruited in the country that the diplomat represents and the visas issued to household workers recruited here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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229 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a certificate of naturalisation in view of the fact that they secured permission to remain in October 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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228 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the options available to a person (details supplied) who obtained residency based on their marriage to an EU national, but they are now separated, and whose recent application for residency renewal was refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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227 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform that status of an application for permanent residency in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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226 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will reply to correspondence from this Deputy dated 12 May 2010 regarding an application for Garda clearance from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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225 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the status of an application for subsidiary protection in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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224 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will reply to correspondence from this Deputy dated 29 April 2010 and 21 May 2010 regarding the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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181 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount that was spent in 2009 on vaccines for swine flu; the amount thus far in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will have a procedure carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many street markets operating around the country are illegally selling tobacco and other products; the steps he will take to ensure that illegal traders at street market level are adequately penalised for breaking the law; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the inquiry into the allegations that Irish Army officers were involved in purchasing arms on the black market in South Africa for a group operating in the Seychelles; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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32 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Defence if the terms of the Croke Park proposals will apply to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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358 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin was invited by a senior Garda officer (details further supplied) to view a relevant document in a communication dated 16 March 2010 and then on 17 June 2010 the same senior officer denied ever having extended such an invitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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195 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that speech therapy services for under five year olds at a facility (details supplied) have been withdrawn due to the recruitment embargo; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will offer direct humanitarian assistance to the Saharawi refugee camps in Tindouf and the other occupied territories.
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47 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he proposes to initiate or support efforts to declare the EU fishing agreement, which impinges on issues of self-determination for the Saharawi people, as null and void.
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79 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children when the Drogheda review will report; if she has decided to have an inquiry into the issues involved; if the inquiry so recommends; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of recorded cases of so-called tiger robberies in which staff or relations of staff of financial institutions were taken hostage in each year from 2005 to 2009 and to date in 2010; the amount of money taken in such robberies; the discussions he has had with a bank (details supplied) regarding the most recent tiger robbery on 22 June 2010; if the agreed protocols were observed in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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171 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will confirm that a new prison block at Wheatfield Prison, Dublin, has been lying idle for more than six months due to a failure to provide kitchen facilities; the cost of the construction of the block; the reason kitchen facilities were not provided; when it is planned to bring the block into service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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31 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the progress made on the Thornton Hall prison project; when plans for the construction of a new prison at Thornton Hall were first announced by his Department; when a builder will be engaged to build the first block on site; the amount this block will cost; if the design has been borrowed from the collapsed public private partnership project; the number of prisoners that will be accommodated in block one; the cost that would have been involved when the State withdrew from the PPP development; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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29 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the report on the working group to look at the issue of commercial rent reviews; if he will report on the main findings of the group; when he intends to publish this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans, if any, to reform the PRSI rates applicable and the possible benefits accruing to the self employed.
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81 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to bring forward legislation arising from the decision to withdraw the appeal in the case of a person (details supplied).
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154 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the legal basis and/or administrative scheme governing the visas issued to foreign diplomats here, the staff of the foreign embassies and household workers employed by the foreign diplomats; the specific type of visas issued to these categories of persons; the terms and conditions of these visas and the criteria for issuing them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a small section of the weir on the River Suir, at Ardfinnan, County Tipperary has collapsed; if it will be repaired as a matter of urgency in view of the potential flooding implications for the village of Ardfinnan and the danger of ongoing erosion arising from the collapse; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her projection for tourism figures in 2010; her views on whether it is feasible to obtain growth in the numbers of overseas visitors in view of the figures for the first three months of 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the BCG vaccination for newborn children is currently unavailable in the Dublin 24 area; the reasons for same; the steps the Health Service Executive is taking to rectify this problem; if persons can access the vaccination elsewhere; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport if he has been briefed by the Road Safety Authority on its proposal to fine the operators of the national car testing system (details supplied) if the current NCT difficulties and waiting lists continue; if he is satisfied with the current operation of the NCT system in view of the high level of consumer complaints, particularly in relation to the operation of the website and waiting times to access an NCT in certain parts of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport if he has raised any concerns with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Department of Finance regarding the impact of reduced Garda budgets on the monitoring and invigilation of road safety measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will outline the new EU programme through which people may have treatment in other member countries; the date on which it comes into force; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans to oblige health insurance providers to cover primary care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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53 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance the changes to the payment rates for the eligible liabilities guarantee and credit institution financial support bank guarantee schemes which have taken place over the past year or are envisaged; his views on new directions from the EU as to the minimum level of such guarantee fees; the way these changes are likely to impact on the public finances; the guarantee income envisaged from these guarantee schemes for 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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