80 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for additional accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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75 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the numbers of students that have sat leaving certificate higher level, maths, physics, chemistry, biology and applied maths in the years 2006 to 2011 in tabular form, if he can provide details of those who achieved a minimum grade of C3; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the stated ambition to develop new markets for Irish exporters in the BRIC countries, if he will advise on the number of secondary schools that offer Portuguese, Russian and Chinese to leaving certificate level; the number of third level institutes that offer these languages; the number of students currently taking courses in each one; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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686 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to a company (details supplied) in 2011 by the Health Service Executive for the provision of home care; the number of hours in respect of which this payment was made; the amount paid on average to the care assistant by the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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518 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 14 December 2011, if there is an established requirement on receivers of metal to log all relevant details regarding acceptance of these metals; if not, if he will consider establishing such a requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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516 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine options which may be open to him to address the issue of non-payment of fines, including deductions at source as a means to reduce the cost to the Exchequer of the non-payment of fines within the judicial system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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424 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the construction of houses by local authorities without a front and back exit is in compliance with building regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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365 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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364 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the possibility of requiring applicants for rent allowance to furnish character references as part of applications in line with the criteria being employed by local authorities in respect of the allocation of local authority houses.
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310 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection the recommendations of the Labour Court with regard to pension arrangements for supervisors of community employment schemes.
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217 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the issue of job-sharing for principals of primary schools; the difficulties that are being encountered for principals of schools that may require to take parental leave; if he will engage in discussions with principals and their representative associations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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215 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of changes that were made in budget 2012, if he will consider engaging with the Department of Finance to examine the impact that the VAT changes have on schools that visit open farms in view of the fact that these visits can be considered as an educational activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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154 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Finance in view of changes that were made in budget 2012, if he will consider a VAT exemption for those schools that visit open farms in view of the fact that these visits can be considered as an educational activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Finance the expected change to persons tax reliefs for service charges; if he will provide details of the expected annual saving of the change; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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221 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the appointment of a national figure to lead the implementation of a national campaign and strategy on obesity, in a similar way to the effective campaign that has been conducted by the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration was given to the option of participants in the turf cutters compensation scheme to access renewable fuels as opposed to peat or turf; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 9 June 2011, the position regarding the regularisation of land at a location (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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518 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if taxi and hackney drivers have the option of displaying their names in English and or Irish in accordance with the Official Languages Act 2003; if display of their name in Irish has to be prior notified to the Taxi Regulator; if he is satisfied that such notification would comply with the provisions of the Act and the constitutional place of the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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314 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has considered a request to have the official Irish name of Bruff, County Limerick, changed from An Brú to Brú na nDéise in view of the historical significance of the latter to the persons and area of Bruff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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282 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for an increased rate of disability benefit will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo.
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192 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 14 September 2011, in view of the fact that FÁS was not required to pay certification fees to FETAC prior to April 2009, if FÁS still charged participants a fee for certification since the commencement of the construction skills certification scheme in 2002; if so, the use to which the funds raised were put; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a status report on a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of grant aid being paid annually to an organisation (details supplied).
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129 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if in view of the decision of the electorate in the recent referendum on judicial pay, he has considered using similar methods in respect of the pension entitlements and severance packages of specific grades of public and or civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1037 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the proposed plans for the M20/N21 Cork to Limerick road incorporating the Adare bypass; if the projects have been fully withdrawn from planning; if the county councils have been communicated with regarding the release of constrained lands for planning permission applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1013 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the position regarding the future of local improvement schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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919 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); if the application will be expedited due to the seriousness of their condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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705 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No 475 of 29 November 2011, if he will clarify that since the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority was established in 2006, he will provide the requested information from 2002 to 2006 which should be available to him.
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623 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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429 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a redundancy payment claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when payment will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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391 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for redundancy payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when payment will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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361 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will still be eligible to receive their widowers pension in view of the recent budget changes in regard to community employment schemes.
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358 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection when a redundancy payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo.
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307 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to sign a draft statutory instrument dealing with online digital piracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the conditions that apply to the payment of the leaders’ allowance to Deputies and Senators; and his plans to reform the payments to those Deputies and Senators that are outside of political parties.
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129 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider a proposal (details supplied) on guidance counselling; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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219 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 29 November 2011 and Parliamentary Question No. 31 of 7 December 2011, if in a situation in which a property management company has gone into liquidation and the housing estate has not been taken in charge by the local authority, he will confirm that the legal responsibility for the ongoing maintenance and carrying out of repairs lies with the liquidator.
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183 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered proposals that would deal with theft of scrap metal to assist the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered proposals to assist in the regulation of the scrap metal industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Finance when the refund of income tax for 2008 will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford is unable to claim a refund of tax paid now that they have finished work; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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497 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application made under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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492 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Health in view of the fact that applicants to the fair deal scheme are not entitled to benefit from the scheme until such a time as their application has been approved, if he will be assigning additional staff to ensure more efficient processing of applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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485 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the average processing time for applications made under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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463 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application in respect of funding in respect of a national lottery grant for a centre (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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239 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the proposals to change the age for disability allowance from 16 years to 18 years; the implications of these proposed changes on domiciliary allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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236 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer’s allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when he can expect to receive a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a back to school clothing allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their redundancy payment.
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