86 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he is satisfied with the level of Garda vetting in place for sports organisations here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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579 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science the estimated amount to be paid by teachers in pension contributions in the calendar year 2010 by primary and post-primary teachers; the estimated amount of expenditure on payment of pensions in 2010; the average pension in payment from the scheme anticipated for 2010; the contribution rates by employees and by his Department as employer in respect of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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578 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science the current date that figures are available, the number of active members in the superannuation scheme for teachers by primary and post-primary teacher; the number of members with deferred rights; the number of retired personnel in receipt of payments; the number of dependants in receipt of dependant payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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322 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reforms in work practices that are currently the subject of negotiation between the authorities and the gardaí and other grades representative organisations; the reforms he will be implementing in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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321 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reforms on offer in respect of the Garda Síochána during the pre-Christmas negotiations between the social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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320 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí deployed on immigration duties; if many of the duties concerned could be done by civilians; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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319 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the estimated number of gardaí deployed on static protection duties; if he will review whether this is the best use of Garda manpower; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the development of the China development assistance committee study group, whose avowed aim is to provide a forum where central development issues might be discussed; the role which Ireland may play in this forum; the principles which guide, or the specific terms of reference upon which the DAC is structured; and the role he envisages Ireland to play in this forum.
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101 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the recent and current aid efforts in Haiti have demonstrated the need for such a restructuring of the Office of the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations in such as way as to enable a civilian leader to be available, in an emergency, to give leadership on behalf of the United Nations.
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89 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding an application for payment of redundancy in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12.
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74 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take arising from the recent report of the Ombudsman for Children regarding conditions under which more than 120 children separated from their parents and seeking asylum here are housed in hostels; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of adult health community teams that have been established; the progress that she expects for 2010 to increase this number in accordance with policy in A Vision for Change; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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191 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the conflicting advice from the website of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service and the Garda National Immigration Bureau regarding whether persons who hold Irish-born child residency visas can renew their visa at their local GNIB office or correspond directly with the IBC unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is concerned about the spate of gun murders to date in 2010; the steps that he is taking to deal with the upsurge of murders in the early weeks of 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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72 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria used by the gardaí in determining which witnesses may use the entrance to the new Central Criminal Courts building in Dublin, which is normally used for those in custody and by members of the Garda and the Judiciary; if any witness who requests to use the entrance will be facilitated; 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 his views on the recent report of An Garda Síochána Inspectorate on resource allocation; if he will implement the recommendations contained in this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the proposed merger of the Competition Authority, the National Consumer Agency and the consumer protection function of the Financial Regulator; if it is necessary to put the merged entity on a statutory footing through the enactment of new or amending legislation; when the merger will be completed and the new entity fully operational; the provisions he will make to ensure the new entity is fully accountable to the Houses of the Oireachtas; the annual cost savings envisaged through the merger; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance if and when he will convert the State’s preference shareholdings, through the National Pension Reserve Fund, in banks (details supplied) into ordinary equity; the effect this will have on the capital structures of the respective credit institutions; if the next coupon payment will be collected in the form of ordinary equity; if the preference shares are converted to ordinary equity in advance of the next coupon payment coming due, will a pro rata payment accrue to the NPRF in respect of the time for which the investment was held but no coupon was paid; if he will exercise the detachable warrants at the moment of conversion or if the NPRF will retain them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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143 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is intended to publish legislation to address employee representation at work which was promised by June 2009 under the review of Towards 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she will publish anti-victimisation legislation, designed to protect those workers who choose to join a trade union and which was promised by March 2009 under the review of Towards 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has responded to correspondence written by a group (details supplied) on the matter of women who were imprisoned in Magdalene Laundries; further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 547 to 550, inclusive, of 19 January 2010, if he has reviewed the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform’s position on this matter; if he has reviewed his position on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Bill entitled an Act to provide protection from civil liability or penalisation to employees who make certain protected disclosures in relation to the affairs of their employers and to provide for related matters
154 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if farmers will be eligible to apply for the EU Solidarity Fund; and if so, the number of applications received from farmers to date in 2010.
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115 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of Bord Bia’s export performance and prospects report, he is satisfied that the value of Irish food and drink exports will stabilise and improve in the future.
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140 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a fuel poverty action plan; the number of persons living in fuel poverty here; the number of homes that were part of the warmer homes scheme for 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there the has been a reduction in the price of a cylinder of domestic gas in the past five years; if so, the amount by which it has reduced yearly; the person who regulates the price of domestic gas cylinders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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61 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount collected to date by each local authority under the non-principal private residence tax; the way the amount collected by each local authority compares with the amount estimated; the amount of the moneys collected that has been reissued to each local authority and town council respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of regeneration projects, both by local authorities and under the public private partnership initiative, scheduled to commence in the years 2008, 2009 and 2010; the position regarding these projects; if new projects are due to commence in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Defence the repair work recently carried out to the hulls of the LE Emer and the LE Aoife ; the length of time that each vessel was out of commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Defence the number of patrolling days undertaken by Naval Service vessels in each year from 2005 to 2009; the planned number for 2010; if he has had discussions with the fishing industry or the customs authority regarding the implications for fishery protection and drug smuggling preventative measures for the planned reduction in patrolling days; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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332 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the recommendations made to the Department of Finance regarding the allocation of €75 million for energy efficiency schemes made in February 2009; the capacity of Sustainable Energy Ireland to process them; the measures taken to ensure that this funding was processed; the way in which he intends to ensure that the €130 million allocated for 2010 for energy efficiency will actually be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance in view of the underspend of approximately €35 million on energy efficiency schemes in the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, his views on the allocation in February 2009 of €75 million for this purpose; if he is satisfied that the system of allocation of grants was sufficiently efficient to ensure the money was spent; the measures he is taking now to address the serious underspend; the discussions he has had with Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources regarding an outturn which shows an underspend of over 50% of capital funding in that Department on energy efficiency measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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196 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the recommendation E.5 in the report of the Special Group on Public Sector Numbers and Expenditure Programmes — Abolish the Office of the Minister for Integration has been implemented; if he intends to continue this office; the budget it has been allocated for its operation in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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195 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will detail his response to the report of the Special Group on Public Sector Numbers and Expenditure Programmes as it relates to the justice group of Votes (Table 13.4); in particular his response to A.2 — slowdown replacement of Garda fleet; A.5 — shelve new urban CCTV placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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194 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will detail his response to the report of the Special Group on Public Sector Numbers and Expenditure Programmes as it relates to his Department; in particular if he will outline his response to the McCarthy group’s conclusions that there is room for a structural reduction of at least 540 staff across his Department and its agencies; if he envisages such a structural reduction during 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants made to the various organisations in the Irish language voluntary sector in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount spent on the promotion and teaching of Irish abroad in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on reports that the Ugandan Government is to proceed with anti-gay legislation; the effect this will have on Uganda’s status as one of Ireland Aid’s target countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation in Northern Ireland with particular reference to the full devolution of matters regarding policing and justice.
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86 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no clinical services available for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 24; her plans to address the needs of this child; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on extending the remit of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin to cover other dioceses here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take arising from the Report of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin; 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 his views on the recommendations of the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes relating to his Department; the recommendations in this regard which will be implemented during 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport his plans to amend the Merchant Shipping Bill or any other legislation to increase the retirement age for maritime pilots; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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53 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the increase in the number of persons who contracted HIV or AIDS here in 2009; if her attention has been drawn to the factors that have led to this increase; if any public awareness campaign is planned to ensure that people protect themselves against contracting HIV or AIDS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress she has made in the establishment of an inquiry into the alleged abuse carried out by a doctor (details supplied) in the north east; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance his views on the payment of bonuses to staff at credit institutions covered by the blanket bank guarantee and expected to participate in the National Assets Management Agency; if his attention has been drawn to the bonuses being paid to staff in the lending departments at any of these credit institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the position regarding the €500,000 earnings cap for chief executives at credit institutions covered by the blanket bank guarantee; if this relates to salary only or to the total remuneration package; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this limit is being circumvented through deferred payments, payment in kind or other such mechanisms; if he is in agreement with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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253 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding his Department allocated to a fire station (details supplied) in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; if the fire brigade ambulance is to be retained at this station; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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