296. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40595/12]
272. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40592/12]
265. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40590/12]
255. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40602/12]
184. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40599/12]
165. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40601/12]
154. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) whose special needs assistant contract was discontinued has been told they will not be issued with a P45 or redundancy payment until next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40604/12]
153. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40594/12]
152. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the initiatives and opportunities that will be coming on stream to give hope to newly qualified teachers as they leave college and seek employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40575/12]
92. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40597/12]
27. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Defence the functions and areas that are covered by the new Air Ambulance Service that is operating from Roger Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, Dublin; his plans to extend this service; if this service is also available for emergency situations that may arise in Dublin city centre and particularly in Dublin west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39488/12]
31. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the action needed by the Garda Síochána and the security forces of this State to ensure that the type of funeral that took place in Donaghmede, Dublin, last week which showed a public demonstration by the IRA of the illegal use of weapons does not occur again; the number of gardaí that were involved in policing this event; the pre-planned surveillance; the person the decision not to intervene and the reasons for same; the cost to the State of such an illegal act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39247/12]
96 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of the UCD nursing class of 2011 who, due to a delay, did not have their exams graded and results received, until January 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35675/12]
66 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 10 July 2012, if the details of both reviews and any recommendations will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35595/12]
447 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide statistical details in tabular form for the years 2007 to 2011, on the implementation of the senior alert alarm scheme for older persons in County Meath; the voluntary and community organisations that have been funded for this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34597/12]
260 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding phase 1 of the Boyneside trail, cycle/walkway along the River Boyne; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34044/12]
185 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of ongoing vandalism and criminal activity if he will consider a review of the regulation of the scrap metal industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34101/12]
143 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if a review of the rental markets in Ashbourne and Ratoath, County Meath, was conducted; if she will state the justification for not raising the rent supplement levels in these towns to the level applying in Finglas, Glasneven and so on; if she will supply in tabular form the rent supplement levels that previously applied and currently applied in each of these towns; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[34199/12]
127 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection now that Ashbourne and Ratoath, County Meath, have been moved to be managed to the Fingal Area Office, if the same rent supplement rates will apply to Ashbourne and Ratoath that apply to Finglas, Glasneven and so on, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[34086/12]
526 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if the recent value for money report has revealed any incidences in which moneys from the disability budget were diverted to pay staff rather than fund services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[33616/12]
525 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will act upon the recent report by the Food Safety Authority which has called for calorie counts to be displayed on menus in food service outlets such as restaurants, bars and cafés; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[33609/12]
453 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the case of the nursing class of 2011 (details supplied), who were excluded from qualification payments as their exams were not graded until 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[33571/12]
436 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the definition of the best interests of the child as defined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is to be included in the wording of the children’s rightsr referendum; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[33570/12]
342 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if, due to the current shortage of highly quality technological talent, he will review the current working visa permit system to help indigenous companies expand and develop; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[33577/12]
177 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the policy of implementing the smart school initiative that every classroom here is to get a teaching laptop, software and digital projector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[33476/12]
175 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on embedding information literacy in the secondary school curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[33461/12]
174 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on embedding information literacy in the national school curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[33458/12]
133 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to review banking procedures and protocols to protect customers from another crisis such as the Ulster Bank occurrence which has seen customers without banking facilities for nearly three weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[33600/12]
236 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason an individual (details supplied) who retired from a senior position in St. Michael’s House in 2009, has been re-employed as a consultant with St. Michael’s House; the policy for re-employing former employees as contractors; the amount that this individual is being paid; the amount of work this person’s company is being given and awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[32545/12]
718 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the way that the implementation of a credit card format driving licence, to be introduced in 2013, will impact of the 4,000 people employed in the photo ID industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[32284/12]
640 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by hospitals and county in which there were positive test results for the Legionella bacteria in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[32213/12]
260 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to introduce the use of ebooks and digital facilities to ease the burden on parents buying new editions of books; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[32281/12]
253 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider embedding information technology within the secondary school curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[32204/12]
204 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider reviewing the VAT rate on educational books, in hard and soft copy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[32305/12]
564 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the rehabilitation facilities that are available for persons with brain injury in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[30642/12]
565 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the facilities available for persons with brain injury post rehabilitation residential care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[30643/12]
563 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of persons registered as brain injured in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[30641/12]
559 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be replaced in Acquired Brain Injury Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[30596/12]
558 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the organisations in County Meath which support patients with brain injury that are funded by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[30595/12]
557 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if the special delivery unit has implemented a new plan of action for accident and emergency in the Mater Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[30593/12]
517 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will consider an exemption for the nursing class of 2011 (details supplied), who were excluded from educational qualification payments, due to a delay in their grading exams until 2012; if these students will not be given this payment retrospectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[30861/12]
396 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has a renewable energy strategy for County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[30635/12]
316 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the structure and procedures for the planned review of the domiciliary care allowance and to ensure that the parents of children with disabilities are included in this review.
[30997/12]
258 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he anticipates the appointment of any business development managers in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[30634/12]
212 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider embedding information technology within the national school curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[30732/12]
152 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the impact of the special delivery unit on James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[29822/12]
151 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the impact of the special delivery unit in Our Lady’s Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[29821/12]
44 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if persons who rent out their home residence property due to negative equity, will retain mortgage interest relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[29926/12]
427 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when funding for a library in east County Meath will be provided; his views on the lack of provision for this fast growing area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[29341/12]
279 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses from County Meath who have participated in the Enterprise Platform Programme since it recommenced in quarter one of this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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