133 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received an application under the sports and recreational grants scheme from a council (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and when a decision will be made.
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78 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children when arrears will be awarded in respect of domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children if, with regard to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre quarterly publication of infection rates in hospitals, these reports will only count the number of MRSA bloodstream infections, or if they will include MRSA wound infections, lung infections, bone infections and other hospital acquired infections such as C difficile; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that members of An Garda Síochána are being refused leave to take compensation claims to the High Court by staff at his Department because their injuries are not deemed to be serious enough; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the Garda Compensation Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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17 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the length of time required to put in place the infrastructure for the water services programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has instructed local authorities on the way to spend the revenue raised from Part V building levies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has instructed local authorities to revisit their local waste strategies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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512 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the telephone exchanges that will be modified for the provision of broadband services in Counties Carlow and Kilkenny in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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504 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to give formal statutory or legal recognition to the qualifications of architectural technologists and architectural technicians; if his attention has been drawn to the important role that both professions play in the planning, development and construction of buildings; if he received formal representations seeking a form of recognition for both professions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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300 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in granting the necessary approval for a company (details supplied) in respect of food inspections; if she will intervene as a matter of urgency to complete the necessary inspections with a view to granting a licence to the firm in the interests of 14 posts of employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the information contained in his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 606 of 30 January 2008, that 6,200 passport applications were forwarded by Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas in 2007 is correct; if not, when he was informed that this figure was not correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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241 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications made by the Health Service Executive on behalf of children which were handled by the special section of the Passport Office referred to in his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 361 of 19 February 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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240 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason, if applications for passports made through Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas are recorded manually, he is not in a position to indicate the number of such applications that were handled in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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239 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the categories of passport applications handled by the special section of the Passport Office referred to in his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 361 of 19 February 2008 in addition to applications forwarded by Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas and the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be sanctioned for an extension to a national school at Paulstown, County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Education and Science when finance will be sanctioned for an extension to a national school at Paulstown County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a decision to allocate additional milk quota from the national reserve will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow.
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82 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children when the stroke unit at St. Luke’s General Hospital, Kilkenny will be properly resourced and staffed in order that it can carry out its functions on behalf of patients as originally intended; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children when the stroke unit at St. Luke’s General Hospital, Kilkenny will be properly resourced and staffed in order that it can carry out its functions on behalf of patients as originally intended; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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679 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received correspondence from a company (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and his views on the matter.
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636 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in respect of a residency application for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied with the job levels, following the recent publication of the Údarás na Gaeltachta annual report; if he is further satisfied with the job creation levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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414 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will quantify in financial terms the estimated cost to local authorities in respect of the implementation of new health and safety regulations in 2008; if he has allocated the necessary additional finances to cover the costs associated with these new requirements; and if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being encountered by some local authorities in respect of their implementation.
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413 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the changes to motor tax and VRT announced in budget 2008 are more likely to favour a growth in diesel cars as opposed to biofuel or hybrid cars due to the removal of the 50% VRT rebate; if this is in the best interests of the environment and public health; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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412 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps that can be taken to reduce the harmful effect on health of an increased use of diesel as a fuel to power motor vehicles; if any filters can be fitted to vehicles to address these impacts; if such filters are fitted as standard on diesel cars or as an optional extra; if such filters will be made mandatory to coincide with the coming into effect of the new motor tax and VRT rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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411 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent changes in the motor tax and VRT regimes that will result in a shift in the market towards diesel powered cars; his views on this contention; the projections his Department has made of the increase in diesel fuelled cars over the next five years; the environmental and public health consequences of a greater dependence on diesel as a fuel to power motor vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will further raise the existing caps on rent supplementation to reflect real market costs to increase access to the private rented sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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120 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will roll out proposals allocating individual lone parents a trained welfare adviser from his Department to help access support for employment, education and training on a national basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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663 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the years 2002 to the end of 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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662 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act 2005 were introduced; the number and grade of the persons concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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651 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress or otherwise in respect of the roll out of broadband through the MANs contract in the south east region; the finance spent to date and the number of connections made; when all such connections will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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635 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the years 2002 to the end of 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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634 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act 2005 were introduced; the number and grade of the persons concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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592 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way actual emissions, as opposed to their allocated allowances, by organisations here participating in the EU’s emissions trading system in 2008 to 2012 will impact on the Government’s domestic 3% average annual reduction commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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591 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the Government’s emission reduction targets for 2008 to 2012 between the EU emissions trading and non-emissions trading sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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587 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the years 2002 to the end of 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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586 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act 2005 were introduced; the number and grade of the persons concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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564 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dealing for a person (details supplied) will be completed in respect of a Land Registry matter in County Kilkenny.
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520 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Defence the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the years 2002 to the end of 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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519 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Defence if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act 2005 were introduced; the number and grade of the persons concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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514 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Education and Science the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the years 2002 to the end of 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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513 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Education and Science if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act 2005 were introduced; the number and grade of the persons concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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445 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will receive approval to proceed with urgent improvement works; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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438 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the years 2002 to the end of 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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437 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act 2005 were introduced; the number and grade of the persons concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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402 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will ensure that the €50 million fund available through Enterprise Ireland for the restructuring of the beef industry will not be utilised for the rationalisation of that industry; the action she will take to ensure the reopening of a plant (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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400 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the years 2002 to the end of 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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399 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act 2005 were introduced; the number and grade of the persons concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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387 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the years 2002 to the end of 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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