188 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision to cut the allocation for guidance counsellors in second level schools; if he agreed that this will have an acutely detrimental effect on the educational and personal development of second level pupils, particularly those in disadvantaged areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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277 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the proportion, if any, of the €145 million savings from the employment control framework-pay cost containment as per the comprehensive expenditure review 2012-2014 that will come from the mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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276 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if the €50 million efficiency savings for mental health services, disability services and child care as per the comprehensive expenditure review 2012-2014 are intended to be used to fund the €50 million additional funding for mental health services and primary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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144 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for jobseeker’s allowance that have been made by self-employed persons in the years 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; the rate of successful applications; the reason for refusal of payment of jobseeker’s allowance; the number of applications which are withdrawn or not proceeded with; the reason for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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194 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding fuel allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason the payment has been suspended; if it will be reviewed and put into payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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177 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for redundancy in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and when a decision will issue.
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380 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made on the commission examining pyrite.
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347 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the commission dealing with pyrite will report its findings; and the actions that will be taken following this report.
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237 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in receipt of rent supplement that have been receiving the payment for the following time periods: less than six months; 6-18 months; and over 18 months.
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209 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public service employees that have incomes within the following parameters: 0 — €20,000, €20,001 — €40,000, €40,001 — €60,000, €60,001 — €80,000, €80,001 — €100,000, and more than €100,000.
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96 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance if he supports the introduction of an international financial transactions tax or Tobin tax.
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95 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance the steps taken to date in establishing a strategic investment bank, which was agreed in the Programme for Government.
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89 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the serious political developments in Egypt.
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209 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the potential impact a reported cut of up to 15% in funding to City of Dublin Youth Service Board youth services would have on local communities around Dublin.
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279 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal against a decision not to award illness benefit to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if she will grant an early oral hearing; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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209 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps that have been taken to authorise the Adoption Authority to commence negotiations with the Ethiopian authorities in order to create a bilateral agreement which would allow Irish persons to adopt from Ethiopia.
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252 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funds remain in place to build an all weather pitch at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 15.
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236 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that general practitioners do not charge medical card top up fees for blood tests.
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648 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the opening of Hansfield train station, Dublin; and when construction of the required link road will commence.
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591 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will report on St. Francis Hospice in Dublin 15; and when it is likely to be fully operational and open to serve patients in need of palliative care and their families.
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563 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will facilitate an exemption to the public sector recruitment ban to fill vacated posts in speech and language therapy in the Dublin North West area due to the dramatic reduction in the number of speech and language therapists in this area.
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562 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the construction of the Corduff Health Centre, Dublin; and the timeframe for delivery.
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532 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made in ensuring that all children leaving State care who require aftercare support receive same.
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441 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria under which Bosnian citizens who have relations here admitted to the country as programme refugees may attain a visa to visit them.
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426 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of posts in an Garda Síochána that have not been filled following retirements as a consequence of the public sector recruitment ban.
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382 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Counted In study calculating the number of persons in homeless services will be conducted in 2011.
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365 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will complete and publish the review of the national homeless strategy The Way Home.
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364 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units provided this year for persons who were previously on local authority homeless lists.
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366 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he intends to sign legislation outlawing puppy farms.
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350 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the energy poverty strategy will be published.
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267 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in receipt of rent supplement in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011.
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266 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent on the provision of yearly rent supplement payments in 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011.
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265 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in receipt of rent supplement; and the number of same who have been on rent supplement for 18 months or longer.
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83 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way he intends to hold Israel to account for its endangerment of the lives of Irish citizens aboard the MV Saoirse and for its continuing violations of international law.
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