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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2011
543 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health if a rate of pay for fourth year student nurses on mandatory work experience will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32385/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2011
542 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health his plans and the progress made regarding provision of a primary health care centre in north Clondalkin, Dublin 22. [32384/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2011
541 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health if he will consider levying a small charge on ambulance call outs which are deemed by hospital staff to have been unnecessary in order to discourage the use of ambulances for frivolous purposes without endangering patient safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32382/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2011
362 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the State’s actions regarding any child under 18 years of age residing here if the child’s parents are arrested for failing to comply with a deportation order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32381/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2011
318 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there were any criminal prosecutions brought against persons in commercial banks which were overcharging customers on a systematic basis from 2006 to 2010, inclusive; and, if not, the reason such prosecutions were not brought. [32393/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2011
302 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the heads of the climate change Bill will be available; and if it will be circulated as soon as possible. [32380/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2011
91 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills the waiting time for redundant apprentices for the FÁS competency determination mechanism which enables eligible redundant apprentices to complete their apprenticeships; and the measures being taken to expedite the process. [32383/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2011
39 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the current legislation covering criminal prosecutions brought against persons in commercial banks which were overcharging customers is sufficiently robust to deter such behaviour in the future. [32393/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
94 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering a sex offenders’ register or similar system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31682/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
87 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there were any criminal prosecutions brought against persons in commercial banks which were overcharging customers on a systematic basis between 2006 and 2010; if not, the reason such prosecutions were not brought; and if he is satisfied that the current legislation covering these practices is sufficiently robust to deter such behaviour in the future. [31604/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
65 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to change the way in which disabled persons receive support in securing jobs and work experience, in view of the fact that JobBridge appears to be more accepted by employers than the disability-specific work support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31681/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
54 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for the consultation and review process needed to bring Ireland’s legislation on the right to collective bargaining into line with recent decisions by the European Court of Human Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31680/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
548 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health if double or triple jobbing is an issue when general practitioners are concerned; and, if so, his views that such behaviour has a negative impact on the standard of care provided to patients. [30876/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
547 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the extent to which general practitioners are double or triple jobbing. [30875/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
347 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider extending the right to vote in EU and Dáil elections to non-EU immigrants who have been given leave to remain here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30810/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
252 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reduce the maximum rates payable for rent supplement, either in general or in a number of specific local authority areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30839/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
147 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures FÁS has put in place to enable person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 and approximately 20 young persons currently receiving work experience with Dublin City Council to finish their carpentry apprenticeships after the period covered by FÁS, which ends on 1 December 2011, which will leave them short of the work experience period needed for qualification by between ten and 20 weeks. [30812/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
112 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance the action being taken to address the issue of the use of transfer pricing to reduce tax paid here by multinational corporations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30811/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
58 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which crystal methamphetamine has become a problem for the Garda; if he regards crystal methamphetamine as having the potential to cause widespread social damage as witnessed in the United States of America; the number of seizures of crystal methamphetamine in each of the last five years; and the steps the Garda and his Department are taking to proactively tackle the potential emergence of this drug here. [31049/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
241 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health the research or evidence upon which the decision not to roll out the BreastCheck service to women over 65 years, as planned in the national breast screening programme, was based; if he has taken into account the concern of Active Retirement Ireland about the non-rollout of the NBSP to women aged over 65 years; the reason the programme has not been expanded yet; and when the programme will be expanded to include women over 65 years. [30629/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2011
100 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the recent report by the United Kingdom’s Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations on the nuclear facilities and storage of radioactive material at Sellafield. [30272/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2011
65 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on reducing the number of hours per week a person must work in order to qualify for family income supplement, in order to eliminate a potential poverty trap; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30270/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2011
64 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to phase out the qualified adult designation in social welfare payments in favour of making independent payments to both persons in a marriage or civil partnership on the basis of their respective employment records and needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30269/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2011
41 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on making provision for an Irish sign language curriculum for use in general schooling, for example during transition year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30271/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
457 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health the reason the cost of the drug Dona, commonly used by those suffering from arthritis in Ireland, is over six times more expensive than the drug Xicil, which is identical and used widely by those suffering from arthritis in other countries including Spain; and if there is scope for savings to his Department by substituting Xicil for Dona. [29480/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
462 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an up to date report on plans for a nursing home (details supplied) in County Dublin; when a replacement facility will be completed; the plans of the Health Service Executive for the current site in view of the fact that it is a good location for a nursing home or senior citizen’s facility due to its easy access from Tallaght. [29578/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
445 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an up-to-date report on the Health Service Executive residential youth centre in Dublin 22; and if she will provide assurances that it is being run in a way which ensures the safety of the children in the facility and that of local residents. [29579/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
328 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the course of action available to a private landlord under the circumstance in which the landlord has served a legal eviction notice on a tenant and the tenant refuses to leave when the notice has expired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29576/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
201 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on questions raised in the Universal Periodic Review over the right to collective bargaining here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29577/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
193 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his interpretation of section 58 of the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004. [29627/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
192 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the conciliation and arbitration scheme has a role in respect of internal Civil Service promotions; and if so, the nature of that role. [29626/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
191 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the source of the Civil Service conciliation and arbitration scheme that partially or entirely restricts promotion from professional to administrative grades, or conversely states that certain promotions are to be limited to certain groups. [29625/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
127 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on changing the residency requirements for third level fees in order that a student who met the residency requirement at some point during their studies could be subject to lower fees for the remainder of their course. [29575/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2011
214 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way vehicles not registered in the Republic of Ireland, particularly UK registered vehicles, are tracked for the purpose of barrier-free tolling and the imposition of fines when necessary. [28946/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2011
213 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the use made of the profits from the west link toll bridge. [28945/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2011
212 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the revenue obtained from fines for the west link toll bridge for the past three years for which figures are available. [28944/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2011
211 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of fines for each category of vehicle on the west link toll bridge. [28943/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2011
210 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the revenue and the profit raised from the west link toll bridge for the past three years for which figures are available. [28942/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2011
138 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the sheltered housing provisions for recovering drug addicts in Dublin; if any of these services cater to families with children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29038/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2011
81 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he plans to bring in legislation to protect low-paid workers. [28941/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2011
39 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the grant awarded to an organisation (details supplied) in County Antrim to continue its work of reconciling Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland which it has undertaken since the 1960s; and if, in the spirit of the Good Friday Agreement, the payment will continue. [29006/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2011
431 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will enter into discussions with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to funding the Big Brother Big Sister programme which seeks to divert vulnerable children from anti-social behaviour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28168/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2011
82 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current funding for water, sanitation and hygiene as a percentage of total bilateral aid; if that percentage will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28169/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2011
119 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the most up to date annual cost of providing bin waivers in certain counties (details supplied); and whom pay for same. [27978/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2011
118 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of current bin waivers for certain local authorities (details supplied). [27976/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2011
37 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered imposing a large additional universal social charge on the bonuses being paid to some senior public servants such as top civil servants and county managers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27389/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 2011
646 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the proposal to reduce the alcohol level in the blood from 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood; and if he will consider having the same prohibitions for both professional and non-professional drivers. [27289/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 2011
522 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the sea-based aquaculture industries here; and the financial output for each of these for the most recent year for which there are up-to-date statistics. [26986/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 2011
521 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action being taken to develop sea-based aquaculture here. [26985/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 2011
434 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has proposals as to the way difficult tenants in private housing can be dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27290/11]