101 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if progress on reducing poverty has stalled in the past 12 months and a minimally adequate standard of living remains out of reach for many Irish households; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the recent figures compiled by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul showing a dramatic 50% increase in calls for the first five months of 2008 compared to the same period in 2007; the measures her Department has undertaken to address same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Finance if he has received a report from the Office of Public Works in respect of flooding by the River Pill of the village of Piltown during moderate periods of rainfall; and if he has allocated the necessary finance to carry out the works.
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116 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the situation in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the diplomatic channels available to assist Irish troops serving in Chad; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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923 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the criteria for the upgrading of domestic septic tanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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922 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when approval will be granted to public sewerage schemes at Castlecomer, County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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921 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when grants for group sewerage schemes will be increased in line with grants for group water schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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900 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of public funding that has been spent on the natural heritage sub-programme as described in the National Development Plan from 2007 to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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899 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of public funding that has been spent on the built heritage sub-programme as described in the National Development Plan from 2007 to date in 2008; if he expects to spend in full the €373 million by 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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898 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of new affordable units that were constructed in 2007 and to date in 2008; the number that will be built for the remainder of 2008 and in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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897 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent in 2007 on the provision of affordable housing including construction of new affordable housing; the amount he will spend in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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896 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of new social houses that were constructed in 2007 and to date in 2008; the number that will be built for the remainder of 2008 and in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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895 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount that has been spent in 2007 on the provision of social housing, including construction of new social housing and rent supplement; the amount he will spend in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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894 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money since 2007 that has been spent on environmental research; the amount he expects to spend in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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893 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of serviced sites to support residential development under the serviced land initiative provided since 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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892 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress he has made in rolling out the rural water programme; the amount of public money that has been spent on this programme since 2007; the water treatment schemes which have been provided with water treatment equipment and disinfection equipment; the cost of same; the water treatment schemes which have been taken over by local authorities or have been connected to mains water since 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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790 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a land registry application will be completed for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Transport if the Metro North project will be completed in 2013; the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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199 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made regarding an application (details supplied) under the health repayment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Finance if he expects legislation to be introduced in 2008 on carbon tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when a decision will be made on an application by a club (details supplied) in County Carlow for lottery funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the guaranteed price support under the GATE Three scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views in respect of the report of Professor Kopp in respect of the resource needs of the Forensic Science Laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is confident that the State Forensic Science Laboratory is adequately resourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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436 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce the radon remediation grants which were set out in the Radiological Protection Amendment Act 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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317 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the criteria for rent subsidy for qualifying applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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102 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will set up the electoral commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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462 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in advance of the publication of the forthcoming national homeless strategy, a comprehensive agreement and commitments have been obtained by all statutory stakeholders on targets and budgets to fund the strategy’s implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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461 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the new national homeless strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has been in contact with the Department of Finance or the Commission on Taxation regarding the introduction of a carbon tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is confident that the policies of the Government and its agencies will achieve the targets set down in the water framework directive when considering the standard of septic tanks in use here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has been in contact with the local authorities regarding the use of public private partnership to provide social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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259 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress on the seven-village sewerage scheme in County Waterford with particular attention to the Cappoquin sewerage scheme; the reason its progress is being delayed due to the proposed introduction of a new tender procedure that a Department working group is putting together and is not expected to have finalised for the next few months.
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284 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a grant for wood log gasifiers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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171 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will seek representation on the steering group for the proposed study into Dublin Port under the national development plan in view of the critical role that Dublin Port plays for exporters in the international economy; if she was consulted regarding the composition of the steering group in view of her responsibility for trade policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Transport the reason in the context of the vital strategic role that Dublin Port plays in the national economy, he did not make a submission to the study into Dublin Bay commissioned by Dublin City Council; his views on whether Dublin Port is a strategic piece of national infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Transport the organisations represented on the steering group for the proposed study into Dublin Port under the national development plan; the rationale for the appointment for specific bodies; the rationale for excluding certain organisations including Forfás, Dublin Port Company and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; if he will make new appointments to the steering group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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318 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will support an application by a club (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for financial assistance under the sports capital grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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260 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a grant for wood log gasifiers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures in place to assist people in receipt of social welfare payments in using the new social services card to collect payments at the post office as social welfare books are being phased out; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if progress has been made in seeking spin-off for Ireland as a result of the geographical proximity of Ireland to the Olympics venue for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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577 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications received by each local authority under the housing aid for the elderly scheme, mobility aids housing grant scheme and the disabled person grant scheme; the amount of money allocated in respect of each scheme in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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565 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of new housing starts for each local authority in 2008.
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564 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount collected in motor taxation by each local authority for the years 2004 to date in 2008, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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558 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the simultaneous commencement of Sections 18 and 21 of the Building Control Act 2007 has had the effect of causing practising architects to be in breach of the law; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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557 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will revoke Statutory Instrument No. 50 of 2008 and ensure that any further commencement of Part 3 of the Building Control Act 2007 will be on a phased basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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556 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that failure to delay the commencement of Section 18 of the Building Control Act 2007, until such time as the Technical Assessment Board is ready to receive applications has had the effect of causing practising architects to be in breach of the law; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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555 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be provided for a new fire station at Lismore County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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499 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria required to receive favourable consideration in respect of a gun dealing licence application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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