475 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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442 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the regulations under which the Greyhound waste group operates its services in the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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417 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if capital funding exists for community centres experiencing overcrowding to redevelop or build extensions; the mechanism through which they might apply for any such funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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416 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the delay in providing Traveller-specific group housing for families living in Dunsink Lane; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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408 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the commitment contained in the programme for Government to reduce eligibility for the rental accommodation scheme from 18 to six months will be implemented; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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380 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding plans to protect and develop 16 Moore Street, Dublin, as an important historical, cultural and tourism landmark; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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338 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm if she carried out poverty-proofing before deciding to cut emergency needs payment to those on low-incomes as contained in a recent circular to community welfare officers; if she will review this decision as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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301 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if reforms will be made to ensure self-employed persons have access to jobseeker’s benefit and allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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286 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of labour inspectors employed by him and the National Employment Rights Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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235 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding progress in securing additional financial contributions from religious congregations towards redress for survivors of residential child abuse; the amount of additional funding that has been sought; if the congregations have responded positively in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an organisation in Balbriggan, County Dublin (details supplied) has not been selected by FÁS as a location for training of unemployed persons in 2012; if she will have this issue reviewed as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the SR Technics European Globalisation Fund funding; the amount of funding that has been spent; if any funding was left unspent and returned to the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made on securing an independent all-Ireland inquiry into the Omagh bombing as requested by families of the victims; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that have been taken to persuade the British Government to release all files related to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the ongoing political situation in Syria and in particular the ongoing human rights abuses of Syrian citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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77 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cuts in funding to the Family Support Agency community based counselling services, including the Genesis psychotherapy and family therapy service in Dublin 15; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that these cuts will lead to the closure of these services; if she will review this decision; if she will renew the funding of these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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212 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if sports capital funding will be available in 2012; when this money will be available; the way interested organisations seeking this funding may lodge an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the way a person in receipt of jobseeker’s payment can transfer their payment to the UK; how long they can receive their payment when a resident in the UK; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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253 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will receive speech and language therapy; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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252 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will receive speech and language therapy; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision to cut the pupil-teacher ratio for a DEIS school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this disadvantaged school may lose five teachers unless the cuts are reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the implementation of The Way Home, the national homeless strategy; 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 levels of funding provided under section 10 of the Housing Act 1988 in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, and the projected amount in 2012; if he will provide a breakdown of the funding drawn down in the period 2008-2011 and projected for 2012 by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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433 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount it will cost to install water meters in every home in the country; where the finance for this initiative will be found; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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429 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the eligibility criteria for the rental accommodation scheme will be reduced from 18 to six months this year as indicated in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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320 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount that will be saved by the cut in the materials grant to community employment schemes to €500; if this reduction has been enacted as yet; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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319 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the person who will be undertaking the departmental review of community employment schemes; the criteria that will be used to assess these schemes; when the review will be complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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318 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons participating in the Tús programme since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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264 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff members due to retire from the public service by end of February broken down by Department and officer grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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193 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the pupil-teacher ratio for each DEIS school in Dublin 15 in 2012; if he will outline all changes in staffing arrangements for these schools between 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of the annual capitation grant for each primary and post-primary school in Dublin 15 in 2012 and also in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of extra revenue that will be garnered by increasing both capital gains tax and capital acquisitions tax to 40% in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance the tax breaks and allowances that exist here for the purchase of and maintenance of commercial property; the cost of these to the Exchequer on annual basis for the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance if the criteria for being defined as a first-time buyer for stamp duty purposes are identical to the criteria applied to those seeking mortgage interest relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite the provision of a planned extension for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the current status of the project; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the need for a new permanent school building in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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336 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; when the claim will go into payment and arrears issue; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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316 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application to participate in the JobBridge national internship scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; when the application will be approved; when the €50 increase will go into payment and arrears issue; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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235 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; when the card will be approved and when it will issue; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Department has instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out research into the natural gas extraction process hydraulic fracking, which included consultation with the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, on this method; his views that the university’s research will be impartial in view of the fact that this university is the hub of the oil and gas industry for the North Sea and also receives generous funding from this same industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2578/12]
9 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Department plans further research on hydraulic fracturing and is currently in the process of drawing up specifications for a more comprehensive research project alongside other stakeholders; the names of these stakeholders; if they will include local community groups in the areas affected such as Clare Fracking Concerned and the Irish Farmers Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2579/12]
326 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the recruitment panel for Dublin Fire Brigade will be maintained 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.
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911 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the safeguards and monitoring procedures in place to ensure that the €35 million investment will be used for the development of community mental health services.
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910 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the reason the €35 million investment in mental health services is now split three ways and not the originally intended purposes of developing community mental health teams and funding reach out as per the Programme for Government; the proportion of the €35 million that is going to these originally intended purposes; if he will provide a explanation of the meaning of mental health priorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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781 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for public consultation in the development of the national children’s strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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715 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will restate his commitment to ban fur farming; if the matter will be dealt with in the forthcoming Animal Health and Welfare Bill; if he will provide an update on the work of the departmental review group; when the review will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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392 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if support is currently available under social welfare schemes for persons unable to pay residential property management fees; if any such support is being considered for the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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388 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection when the advisory group on tax and social welfare will publish its report looking at child and family income supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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368 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; when the claim will go into payment and arrears will issue; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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