93 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of individual posts, advertised or placed in public competition under the terms of the Recruitment and Appointment Act 2004, designed to select the most qualified person, in open transparent competition, that were removed as a result of mediation under the terms of the final framework agreement, an agreement between unions (details supplied) and awarded to the Health Service Executive administrators; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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421 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science when finance will be sanctioned 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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366 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the programmes the Dublin Docklands Development Authority has cut back on in 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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365 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects to appoint a new chief executive of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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364 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date he or his Department received the reports from the Dublin Docklands Development Authority; the date he forwarded each report to the Attorney General; when he expects to receive advice from the Attorney General; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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338 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for and Family Affairs when an application for lone parent allowance will be decided on in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the financial allocation for each county and city enterprise board in respect of 2007 to 2010 inclusive.
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90 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his contingency plans for the passport office following the recent flooding there; his further plans to address delays in the passport office as a result of ongoing industrial action; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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232 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the staffing arrangements for the following categories in special needs schools as per the SERC Report — emotional behaviour disturbance, severe emotional behaviour disturbance, autism and moderate learning disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on a contributory widows pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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177 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an application for illness benefit will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on an application for jobseeker’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an application for carer’s allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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775 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Education and Science when finance will be allocated for the provision of permanent accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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708 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will include the recent weather damaged fodder beet as part of the compensation package scheme that was announced in respect of potato crops; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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706 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REP scheme four payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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644 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the list of the conditions underpinning the licence held by an organisation (details supplied); if a team from his Department is required to be present to monitor the events held by this organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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643 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of deer that have been killed during the course of the hunt season 2009-10 in respect of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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638 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the rewiring of a dwelling in included under the housing aid for the elderly scheme administered by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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631 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the amount of moneys owed to each local authority in the State in respect of outstanding unpaid claims by the local authorities for costs incurred in progressing projects under the waste services investment programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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567 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a free household package was withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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256 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide evidence and justification with respect to diagnostic laboratory services as a whole to support her comments in Dáil Éireann on 8 December 2009 with respect to clinical laboratory services in the Health Service Executive when she stated that our turn around time is bad and our quality is poor; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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247 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recent decision to reduce wages of researchers in Trinity College, Dublin, arising from a decision which is likely to have a detrimental effect for persons who are engaged in beneficial work associated with health policy research; her views on whether the recent decisions are removing the incentive to conduct the valuable work in relation to health policy in the future; if she will investigate the possibility of exempting those persons who are researching health policy from pay cuts; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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246 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a report on the scope of the final framework agreement in respect of human resource issues; the intended use and application of this framework; if the use and application scope of the final framework agreement could be revised on the basis that the Health Service Executive appeared to be applying the agreement in a far wider set of circumstances than was designed or originally intended; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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207 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Finance if he supports a cap on the use of leverage by investment firms as proposed in the current draft of the EU AIFM directive; his views on whether such a measure could have an impact on the 3,000 jobs that are employed by the hedge fund industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in relation to the recent reply, she has made representations to FÁS in relation to, or on behalf of, an undertaking or individual, seeking to procure goods or services into FÁS; the identity of any such undertaking or individual; if they subsequently became a supplier to FÁS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that all measures relating to consumer protection regarding housing construction are appropriate to the current difficulties in the housing market; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the position of an orthodontist is vacant in the Kilkenny area for the past three years; when this appointment is likely to be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement regarding the figures on smuggled cigarettes as quoted in a newspaper (details supplied) on 22 February 2010 which claim that 25% of cigarettes are imported illegally into this country compared to 3% in France and 2% in Spain; if he will release statistics that compare the levels of cigarette smuggling into this country to the rest of Europe; if the figures quoted in this newspaper have been made available to him by customs officials in the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will publish the report which highlights these figures in view of the fact that they have now entered the public domain.
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97 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Finance the number of detections of illegal and counterfeit cigarettes in mainstream shops for 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement confirming reports in a newspaper (details supplied) on 22 February 2010 that the customs service is seriously concerned about a rise in detections of illegal and counterfeit cigarettes in mainstream shops; if there have been a significant rise in detections of illegal and counterfeit cigarettes in mainstream stores since the introduction of the point of sale display ban.
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163 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide funding for work to be carried out to the River Pill at Pilltown, County Kilkenny to prevent future flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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143 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the necessary funding to carry out drainage works at the River Duiske, Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, in order to alleviate future flooding in the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Finance if he has assessed the possibility of merging existing agencies or responsibilities of agencies into a single River Shannon organisation that would plan for flooding and related matters along the River Shannon catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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386 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a single farm payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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350 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if collectors receive €1.50 to €2 per tyre, with the public paying from €2 to €5 to get rid of waste tyres; if his attention has been drawn to the number of sites containing thousands of tyres which pose an environmental problem; if his further attention has been drawn to the lack of uniformity in the application of waste tyre legislation by local authorities here and the urgent need to tackle this problem in a uniform way to avoid serious environmental pollution in the event of a fire in any of these unregulated sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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349 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of waste tyre collectors licensed; the locations to which these collectors bring the waste tyres; the number of sites involved; the number licensed for the treatment of tyres; the treatment the tyres undergo and their final destination; if there is a limit on the volume of tyres these sites can take; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the figures produced by an organisation (details supplied) on the mortgage market in 2009 highlighted that first time buyers are now the largest market segment; the steps he is taking to ensure that residential mortgage lending, particularly to the first time buyer segment is carried out on a sustainable and prudential basis, particularly for high loan to value borrowing, in view of these figures; the potential role of mortgage indemnity insurance to achieving such sustainability and prudence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proportion of new residential mortgage loans here in 2008 and 2009 that were in the high loan to value category; and the percentage in each year that were in the category of each of above 70% LTV, above 80% LTV, above 90% LTV and at 100% LTV in respect of such loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision on an appeal for naturalisation will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children if pharmacists will be reimbursed for the full cost of drugs purchased prior to the 1 February 2010 when the new lower rates were applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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467 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a decision will be made on an application under the early retirement scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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426 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the National Spatial Strategy with a view to allow local development plans in each local authority area to provide for strategic zones for development of wind energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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419 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will appoint a chairperson and nominate the membership of various boards relating to registration of quantity surveyors and building surveyors as required under law; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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409 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he gave consent for additional borrowing for the Dublin Docklands Development Authority to engage in its purchase of the Irish Glass Bottle site in October 2006 as required under section 30 of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act 1997; if he communicated any concerns or conditions with its consent for increased borrowing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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362 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision for carer’s allowance will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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250 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the public order van will be restored to Carlow town; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Finance if he gave consent for additional borrowing for the Dublin Docklands Development Authority to engage in its purchase of the Irish Glass Bottle site in October 2006 as required under section 30 of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act 1997; if he communicated any concerns or conditions with its consent for increased borrowing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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144 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has ever made representations to FÁS in respect of contract procurement for any company; the details of those contacts; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the contact he has had with the Economic and Social Research Institute concerning its report into waste disposal options; his views on its central conclusions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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