40 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 with a language support teacher in line with its appeal against the decision to cut this teacher provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no dedicated resource teacher allocated, located, and based in one of the three Dublin 15 DEIS band 1 schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason the payment has been suspended; if it can be urgently reviewed and put into payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Defence the number of members of the Irish Defence Forces currently serving in Afghanistan; the cost to the Exchequer of this deployment; if a timetable exists for the withdrawal of these members of the Defence Forces currently serving in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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495 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the review of the fur farming industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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207 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an estimate of the cost of the establishment of a fully stocked book rental scheme for all primary level schools in the State system for all years and for all subjects; if he will provide an estimate of the ongoing running costs of such a national scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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206 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an estimate of the cost of the establishment of a fully stocked book rental scheme for all second level schools in the State system for all years and for all subjects; if he will provide an estimate of the ongoing running costs of such a national scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, following his meeting with Irish LGBT groups in New York in March 2011, if he will refrain from sending a representative to attend the Ancient Order of Hibernians’ New York St. Patrick’s Day parade until the ban on participation of Irish LGBT groups is lifted; if he will instead send a representative to one of the inclusive St. Patrick’s Day parades that take place in New York, for example in Queens; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will urgently review the decision to disband the recruitment panel for Dublin Fire Brigade; if the panel will be re-instated and utilised to recruit further Dublin Fire Brigade staff members, in view of the pressing need for vacancies to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12927/12]
109 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to prevent the closure of the Blanchardstown Centre for the Unemployed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to prevent the closure of the Blanchardstown Centre for the Unemployed, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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402 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Property Services Regulatory Authority will be established on a statutory basis; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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350 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who were housed by each local authority from their respective homeless list in each of the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; if he will provide a breakdown of the nature of housing provided, in terms of accommodation owned by local authorities, approved housing bodies, and accommodation leased under the rental accommodation scheme and the social housing leasing initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he will sign and ratify the optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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193 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost to the State on an annual basis for each of the past ten years inclusive of the anti TB badger culling programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding his research on the development of a bait based vaccination against TB for badgers and the related pilot project; his views that this research can lead to an end to badger culling; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of committals to prison for non-payment of fines and non-payment of debt in 2011; if he will provide comparative figures for the previous three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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788 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on progress regarding the commitment given in the programme for Government to legislate to regulate the vehicle clamping industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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645 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the detailed plans of the facilities that she intends to provide for the detention of 16 and 17 year olds at Oberstown, Lusk, County Dublin; if she will confirm if dedicated new facilities will be provided; if 16 and 17 year old detainees will be detained separately from the younger teenagers currently detained in Oberstown; the level if any of shared facilities that will be used; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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566 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he intends to publish the report on improving conditions in Cork Prison that was submitted to him by the Prison Service; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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536 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the role of the environmental awareness teams in county and city councils; if the national and regional network of local agenda 21 officers is still in existence; if so, the role it now plays; the amount that was allocated to each local authority by year since the introduction of the local agenda fund in 1997; the income source of this fund; if there has been any evaluation of the fund and the outcomes of the projects funded under its auspices; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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286 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State contracts which were awarded to private companies for each year from 2006 to 2011 inclusive; the number of these companies which were registered for tax purposes here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the person who will be undertaking the departmental review of DEIS schools; the criteria that will be used to assess these schemes; when the review will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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637 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a senior clinical psychologist in stroke care will be appointed to James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15; if he will confirm that this position was one of 45 new stroke posts that were due to be appointed in 2011 start of 2012 under the national stroke programme and the Health Service Executive service plan; if he will confirm that funding has been ear-marked for this post; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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460 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the Private Residential Tenancies Board did not produce an annual report or publish accounts for 2010, despite the fact that it has a statutory obligation to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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467 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding for the refurbishment of windows and doors for local authority housing (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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428 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if grant funding will be made available to him to retrofit wall and attic insulation and to improve energy efficiency in local authority housing (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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289 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consult with youth organisations and the representative body for the youth sector, the National Youth Council of Ireland, to discuss actions to address youth unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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269 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions he will take to draw down the unallocated European social funds as proposed by the European Commission to address youth unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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178 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of increasing mortgage interest relief for persons who bought a house for the first time between the years 2004 and 2008 in the Finance Bill 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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177 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance the potential gain for the Exchequer of the provision to tax illness benefit and occupational injury benefit, as provided for in the Finance Bill 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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176 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide full details of the tax reliefs available to the companies involved in aircraft leasing here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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175 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who benefited from the special assignment relief programme in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance if he will supply details of the organisations or groups who made contact with him to lobby on the Finance Bill 2012; if he will confirm if there was contact between his Department and companies (details supplied); if he will confirm the details of the contacts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the projected cost of tax relief available to those benefiting from the special assignee relief programme to send their children to fee paying schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Taoiseach if a date for the European Commission team visit to Ireland to discuss youth unemployment as indicated in the letter from the European Commission President, Mr. Barroso, dated 31 January last has been set; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Taoiseach if he plans to establish an action team as requested by European Commission President, Mr. Barroso, to address youth unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Taoiseach if he has responded to the letter from the European Commission President, Mr. Barroso, of 31 January last inviting him to submit plans and proposals to address youth unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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68 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if the 24-hour accident and emergency service at James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Dublin, will remain in place this year as previously indicated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if an exception will be given to the early intervention team in the Health Service Executive north west to hire speech and language therapists in view of the fact that there is now none operating in this region due to the recruitment embargo; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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741 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total annual subvention to Córas Iompair Éireann for each year from 2008 to 2011, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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740 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the National Roads Authority has failed to honour commitments given to residents to engage in tree planting along the M50 motorway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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716 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the frequency and location of norovirus infections in hospitals reported for each year for the past five years to date in 2012; the steps that have been taken to reduce the occurrence of the virus; if a reduction has been achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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715 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the frequency and location of MRSA infections in hospitals reported for each year for the past five years to date in 2012; the steps that have been taken to reduce the occurrence of the virus; if a reduction has been achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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693 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a director for the National Office for Suicide Prevention will be appointed; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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605 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of vacant education welfare officer positions in the National Education Welfare Board; the number of education welfare officers currently employed by the Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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598 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons under 18 years that are homeless as defined by section 5 of the 1991 Child Care Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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597 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the national strategy on aftercare will be published; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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477 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount it costs the Exchequer on annual basis for a person to remain in prison for a full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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476 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who were imprisoned here for each year from 2008 to 2011, inclusive, for the non-payment of fines; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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