831 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the numbers of ambulances being held up for significant lengths of time that is greater than half an hour at each of the Dublin hospitals (details supplied) because the ambulances are waiting for their trolleys to be returned; the figures for the first three months of 2012; and the length of time each ambulance has been delayed
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407 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has, or intends to have, a system of spot checks to ensure that the internship system is working satisfactorily for current interns.
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406 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is any evidence of companies abusing internships, that is, keeping persons on as interns rather than filling the vacancy with a real employee; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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405 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on figures on the number of persons who have transferred from internships to permanent employment.
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404 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an up to date report on her internship programme, JobBridge, and the numbers of persons availing of same.
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338 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to allowing participants on internship programmes to complete three years in their placement in view of the fact that most companies seek three years experience in a field from prospective employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to giving road hauliers a rebate on their fuel costs as is practised in other European countries; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many hauliers purchase their fuel in other European countries in which it is more cost effective to do so leading to a loss of tax revenue to the Exchequer; and if he has prepared any estimates for the potential increased revenue to the State in the case of a 20 cent per litre rebate on fuel for road hauliers.
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365 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to force charitable organisations to publish yearly accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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337 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if Ireland is adhering to current EU regulations on emissions from crematoriums; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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336 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to regulate crematoriums in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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335 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations for burials here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will amend rules so that when an employee or volunteer has received clearance from the Garda Vetting Unit in the recent past, this can be transferred if the employee moves to a different organisation.
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120 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the sanctions available to ensure that landlords and tenants maintain the outside and front garden of privately rented houses in a reasonable state.
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119 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the responsibility held by landlords and tenants to maintain the outside and front garden of privately rented houses.
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406 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if sporting organisations which have sports grounds located outside of RAPID areas but which have a large number of players and members from RAPID areas will be considered as RAPID area sporting organisations for the purposes of the sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the review of each of the community employment schemes operating in north Clondalkin, County Dublin, and when these schemes may expect to hear the outcome of these reviews.
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138 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide statistics on the level of private debt in the economy in nominal terms and as a percentage of GDP; the projections which his Department has for the level of private debt in each of the next five years in nominal terms and as a percentage of GDP and the rate at which this debt will be paid down; if his Department will supply estimates about the drag effect this level of private debt will have on GDP growth and job creation in each of the next five years; and if he will outline his plans for ensuring that excessive private debt is not weighing down on the prospects for growth and job creation.
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194 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if, or not any financial proceeds from seizures by CAB in relation to corrupt payments relating to planning matters could be ring-fenced for the communities in which the corrupt planning decisions were made, particularly the Clondalkin, Lucan and Palmerstown areas of Dublin.
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88 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works is aware of any fund at a European level which could be accessed to upgrade historical sites; if the OPW has considered applying for such funding to refurbish the historical site of the Round Tower in Clondalkin, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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786 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the visibility of fares and charges within taxis.
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785 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider having the county in which the driver is registered specified on the roof sign of the taxi; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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784 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in relation to developments arising from the taxi review.
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499 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce tighter building controls to ensure that the problems of shoddy construction in Priory Hall, Dublin 13, are not allowed to happen in future buildings.
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500 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will introduce a national bin waiver scheme in view of the fact that the waiver scheme in south Dublin recently came to an end.
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1341 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health when the Health Information and Quality Authority report on a nursing home (details supplied) in County Dublin will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1037 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if persons who are applying to be members of An Garda in the next round of recruitment, and who had already passed several stages of the 2008 recruitment campaign for the Garda at the time the recruitment moratorium was put in place, will be allowed to restart their application from the stage which they had last passed in 2008 or if they will have to begin the entire process from the beginning.
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481 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person can obtain a copy of a birth certificate without producing any evidence of identity; her plans to insist that evidence be presented before individual birth certificate copies are handed out.
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317 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills if participation in a postgraduate course run by an organisation (details supplied), which is not recognised by the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland as an accredited course, will disqualify a person from eligibility for a third level grant if they were to subsequently participate in an accredited post graduate course from a recognised third level institution.
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186 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance the amount of Government borrowing for the years 2002 to 2008 inclusive; from which institutions this borrowing came; and the cost of paying back that borrowing and the timeline for doing same.
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685 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will supply in tabular form the figures for the number of active taxi licences in Dublin City and County for each of the past ten years.
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270 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his staff were aware of United States of America special report 301, which is an annual review of the global state of intellectual property rights protection and enforcement, conducted by the Office of the United States Trade Representative pursuant to Section 182 of the US Trade Act of 1974, as amended by the US Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 and the US Uruguay Round Agreements Act, enacted in 1994; and if so, the conclusions that were drawn by his staff from the content of this report.
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269 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if estimates were prepared by him on the potential financial and employment impact which S.I. No. 59/2012 would have on the Irish creative arts business; if so, if he will provide those estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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654 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in the general practitioner visit card; the medical cover it provides and the cohort of persons eligible for same.
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372 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when his plans to provide resources for a bin waiver system will be introduced, which is particularly important in south Dublin given its current bin waiver system comes to an end on 31 March 2012.
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141 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health the procedures for transferring patients between hospitals in Dublin for specialist treatment.
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140 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health the hospitals in Dublin that provide treatment for patients from the Lucan area with cancer diagnoses.
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63 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection if any scheme is in place through which persons working part-time will be considered for an internship for the purposes of improving their employability.
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191 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider holding the practical components of the main State examinations during an extended Easter break in order to avoid the expense of employing substitutes for teachers who are conducting exams; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding his Department receives from the European Union on an annual basis; and the services that this funding goes toward.
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195 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health if he will make a statement on the rolling operating room closures at Temple Street Children’s Hospital, Dublin, as reported by RTE on 1 March; and the effect they will have on the treatment of children for non-emergency but serious health issues.
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45 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the vast bulk of legislation giving powers to local authorities to regulate graveyards here consists of a Public Health Act from 1878 and that the legislation in question is completely of any form of protection for persons purchasing plots in graveyards; and his views that there is a need to improve the regulation of the operation of graveyards in view of the high price charged to grieving families for burials in Dublin, the lack of transparency of the costs involved and the fact that most of the legislation dates from the nineteenth century. [12924/12]
13 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government in view of the very high prices charged to grieving families for burials in Dublin and the very few powers which local authorities have to regulate graveyards, his views regarding the accountability of the Dublin Cemeteries Committee, a body set up by a private act of the Oireachtas in 1970, which has opened numerous graveyards around Dublin in recent years, which has developed a considerable monumental stone business and a flower business, which has charitable status giving it certain tax exemptions, which is under no obligation to file accounts with the Companies Registration Office and which does not publish detailed accounts to the public. [12925/12]
215 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health if there are cases in which a child whose parents applied for an assessment of need by the Health Service Executive before the child turned five are still waiting for an assessment after the child has turned five, and if such children retain their entitlement to an assessment.
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389 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when persons (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive a decision on their applications for naturalisation; and if further documentation is needed in either case.
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349 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to a planning application (details supplied) in County Dublin, the reason item nine on the second schedule was not undertaken despite many attempts to have it done; the action he will take in the interest of public safety to ensure that the instruction in schedule nine is carried out as soon as possible.
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172
D’fhiafraigh Robert Dowds den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cé mhéad páistí a d’fhág bunscoileanna ar eisimirce go tíortha eile sna blianta 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 agus 2011.
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171
D’fhiafraigh Robert Dowds den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cé mhéad páistí nua a thosaigh i mbunscoileanna tar éis inimirce ó thíortha eile sna blianta 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 agus 2011.
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170
D’fhiafraigh Robert Dowds den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil aon réamh-mheastachán déanta ag a Roinn ar an méid breitheanna a mheastar a bheidh ann sa todhchaí (go dtí 2025) agus cén éifeacht a bheidh leis na huimhreacha seo ar líon na bpáistí a bheidh ag freastal ar bhunscoileanna; agus má tá, an bhfuil sé sásta na réamh-mheastacháin sin a fhoilsiú go luath.
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157 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has any plans to extend DEIS to any further schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way walking deputy principals in primary schools are appointed; and if there is a difference between the way such persons are appointed to DEIS and non-DEIS schools.
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