1411 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Education and Science if funding is available to establish an ABA unit for children with autism for their education needs in Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1118 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will include a financial contribution to an organisation (details supplied) to allow them to continue their work in respect of developing entrepreneurship; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1094 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce measures to properly regulate professional services to allow for greater transparency in pricing, better representation of consumer interests where a conflict of interest exists and tougher fines compensation from service providers that fail to meet their responsibilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1064 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he received an application from Kilkenny County Council and Kilkenny Borough Council regarding grant assistance towards non-pool related elements of the proposed Kilkenny leisure centre at Scanlon Park, Kilkenny; if he will examine this application favourably in view of the costing associated with this element of the project amounting to €9.8 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1063 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the requirement in Kilkenny of an integrated culture facility and the proposals that have been submitted in this regard under the access fund; the progress or otherwise in respect of this application for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1062 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress or otherwise being made in relation to the decentralisation of the Arts Council as promised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1008 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the present conservation programme in relation to salmon stocks on the Rivers Barrow and Nore; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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898 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made in respect of nursing home rebate for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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740 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the number of people who are qualified but unemployed as physiotherapists and the need for improvements to be carried out to services for people requiring physiotherapy; if she will allocate additional funding from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has read the report into work practices (details supplied); his views on same; if his Department has reason for concern; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way he will address the need to up skill the Irish labour force in the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has a view on the impact on Irish business of an increase in Government and regulator-controlled charges of 55.5% between the end of 2001 and October 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that Ireland is well placed with other EU countries in attracting new foreign direct investment as well as meeting the challenges being experienced by certain high employment multinational companies already based here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children if and when an ADHD specialist will be appointed to the South Eastern Health Board Area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the financial and other contributions of his Department in ensuring people on low incomes can afford healthy food; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress on removing the cohabitation rule as a condition for receiving lone parent payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his view on the report entitled Urban Sprawl in Europe the Ignored Challenge from the European Environmental Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide funding for local authorities to meet the expected cost of flooding due to the effects of climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Transport his proposals in relation to permitting motorcyclists use bus lanes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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53 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Transport if he supports the idea of a dedicated court division to deal specifically with road traffic offences; if he has had discussions with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform on this issue; the outcome of such discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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216 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Finance when a tax refund will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children when the pharmacy review group recommendations were published; if the Government accepts the recommendations; the steps she has taken to implement the recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Health Service Executive on the stated opinion of the HSE that an over reliance on the nursing home sector to meet all of the needs of highly dependent and very ill older people is misplaced and inappropriate; the policy initiatives she proposes to ensure that very ill older people are placed in appropriate facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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259 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allow tenants to purchase a dwelling from a voluntary housing association; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her position on the restructuring of the dairy industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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460 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction a change to the school transport service in respect of a location (details supplied), whereby the students will be able to avail of a better service to second level schools in Kilkenny City.
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438 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Carlow will be approved for funding under the permanent accommodation scheme and grant aid for major works as submitted by the board of management; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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383 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she will take to ensure that workers and growers will be properly compensated arising from the closure of the sugar processing plants at Carlow and Mallow in view of the development plans published by Greencore; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools which offer music to leaving certificate level; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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102 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools with an indoor sports hall or similar facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the pro-democracy leader in Burma; if her detention has been discussed at European level in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had conversations with counterparts in the Russian Government regarding the murder of a person (details supplied) and other outspoken critics of the Russian Government who have lost their lives in mysterious circumstances and whose assailants, thus far, have not been brought to justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Finance his views on the suggestion from Chambers Ireland to raise the ceiling of business expansion schemes pertaining to SMEs from the current €1 million to €10 million to assist start ups and foster the development of wealth creating enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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527 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Education and Science when she will approve revised school transport arrangements for a school (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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514 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Education and Science when the necessary finance will be provided for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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254 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Finance the respective roles of his Department and the Financial Regulator in the formation of policy in key areas, specifically in the reform of credit union legislation; if his recent decision to ask the Financial Regulator to examine proposals on the savings protection scheme and to champion the reform of the regulatory framework for the credit union movement, involves an abdication of responsibility for policy information by his Department by bestowing such powers on the regulator; his views on whether this is appropriate in terms of the respective roles of both the regulator and his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options to generate competition in the electricity industry with particular reference to the need to deliver the benefits of competition to the consumer in the form of reduced energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the role he intends for the ESB in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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18 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Defence the maximum and minimum number of personnel required to man our ships on fishery patrol with a breakdown by ship; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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200 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the strategy he has developed to reduce the regulatory burden on small business; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Mr. Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average percentage of gardaí that are on duty at any particular time in respect of each station in south Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has noted the recent job losses in the food manufacturing sector; the proposals he has to ensure that indigenous employment remains competitive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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77 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the report from the OECD entitled Trends and Recent Developments in Foreign Direct Investment, which shows that foreign investment inflows declined in 2003 and 2004 and turned strongly negative in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to Forfás’s Statement on the Costs of Doing Business in Ireland, key business input costs that weaken Ireland’s overall cost competitiveness include property costs, utility costs, particularly electricity, mobile calls, waste disposal and key non-discretionary services, including information technology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the impact that maternity leave has on women’s occupational pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who are long-term unemployed; the targets he has set to reduce the amount of people who have been out of the workforce for a long time; the ways he will meet same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Mr. Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Kilkenny Garda station does not have access to a computer to examine closed circuit television tape; the reason there is no system for the pubic to e-mail the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the recently published report of the Law Reform Commission on charities regulation will inform the proposed legislation in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the phone line established by Blanchardstown’s local drugs task force; his further views on the roll out of this service to all drugs task force areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure that all councils will review details of the rural cottage tenant purchase scheme to ensure no overcharging occurred as happened in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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