316 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to protect the health and safety of Irish greyhounds once they reach China; the reasons for choosing China as a target market; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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251 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of the interim report on the advisory group on unfinished housing developments that was completed last February; if he will provide a copy of the submission received from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the procurement guidelines followed by the National Standards Authority of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that non-teaching staff in a private school whose wages are not paid by the Exchequer are excluded from the reduction in public sector wages; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that non-teaching staff in a private school whose wages are not paid by the Exchequer are excluded in the reduction in public sector wages; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the Construction Contracts Bill 2011 to ensure that contracts less than €200,000 are not excluded from the Act in order that the majority of small and medium contractors and specialists contractors benefit from the Act; and his plans to amend the Act to ensure that the adjudicators decision is binding when the dispute is referred to arbitration to protect the most vulnerable people serving the construction industry.
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107 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the grants or funding from Pobal available to a group of unemployed persons who have established a networking group in the community in an attempt to find employment; the way they should go about applying for this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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61 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance the protection in place for whistleblowers who expose wrongdoing in financial institutions; his plans to introduce legislation to further protect them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 12 January 2011, the new interest rate charged on International Monetary Fund borrowings as a result of the quota revision; if he will provide a breakdown of this rate showing the margin added; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to amend legislation for planning permission that the proposer must sign an affidavit stating that the planning signs have been checked for visibility on a daily basis and that meetings will be arranged with local communities to explain the benefits and impacts of the proposed development; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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282 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to give approval to Bord na gCon to allow the Irish Greyhound Board to send Irish greyhounds to the People’s Republic of China; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that China does not have a good track record regarding its treatment of animals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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224 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to tackle the promotion and sale of cheap alcohol; his further plans to amend opening hours for off-licences; his plans to sign section 16 of the Liquor Act 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding or grants available to a group of unemployed persons who have set up a networking group in an attempt to find employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding or grants available for teaching music in primary schools as part of the curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make a start on the implementation of the 2001 Government task force report on autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance if borrowings from the International Monetary Fund will be repaid in euro or in special drawing rights; if they are being repaid in SDRs if the National Treasury Management Agency has purchased currency forwards to reduce the Exchequer’s risk to currency fluctuations; and if so the price of the currency forwards purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money drawn down from the International Monetary Fund denominated in special drawing rights; the amount of annual interest charged on this money denominated in SDRs; the date by which this money must be repaid to the IMF; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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256 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to amend the non-principal private residence levy in order that landlords that have split a house into multiple dwellings are not charged as if each dwelling is a separate house; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance his plans to revisit suggestions that the excise duty on wine will be increased because many jobs have already been lost in the off-license industry as a result of earlier closing times, cross-Border shopping and the economic downturn; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Health and Children his plans to establish a dedicated executive position within the Health Service Executive that will be responsible for implementing a Vision for Change; his plans to publish a comprehensive implementation plan for a Vision for Change setting out deliverables, a time line and stating the persons responsible; if he will raise funding of mental health services to 8% of the health budget by 2016; his plans to enact legislation which protects the rights of persons with disabilities and binds public and private sector employers and service providers to operate with regard to the principle of a Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009 to set up a national house price register database in order to provide information about the state of the property market; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce a deposit protection scheme for tenants in private rented accommodation to prevent the retention of deposits by landlords on spurious grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties caused to small businesses by customers entitlement not to pay invoices for 90 days; his plans to help with this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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392 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the fact an organisation (details supplied) currently does not receive any State funding; his plans to provide funding to the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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385 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Health and Children his plans to make a start on the implementation of the 2001 Government task force report on autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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399 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Health and Children his plans to update the list of long-term illnesses eligible for a medical card for the first time in 30 years; if he will include long segment Hirschsprung disease as a long-term illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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384 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Health and Children his plans to include spinal cord injury in the long-term illness scheme in recognition that sufferers require specialised equipment such as wheelchairs, mattresses, cushions and day to day medical items; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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386 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Health and Children his plans to retain St. Luke’s Hospital, Rathgar, Dublin 6; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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292 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Civil Partnership Act 2010 to recognise civil partnerships from Northern Ireland so that couples are exempt from inheritance tax in the event of the death of a partner; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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175 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the penalties a management company of an apartment block are liable to face if they breach sections 131 and 148(7) of the Companies Act 1963 by not holding an annual general meeting within 15 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on Irish remaining a compulsory subject on the leaving certificate course; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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