340 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to direct local authorities to cap the fixed cost charges for water consumption in order that they do not exceed the usage charge of water; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will amend the rules on third level grant applications to allow those who have been resident here for two out of the last four years instead of three of the previous five years, as is currently the case, to be eligible for this grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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309 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to have security improved on the Luas red line in view of the reports of anti-social behaviour seriously intimidating passengers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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257 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of State financial support going into horse racing; the reasons for such State support; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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203 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that current legislation states the removal of site planning application notices is at the discretion of the applicant, if he has any plans to provide legislation for the removal of site planning notices after the period of planning application has elapsed and a decision on the application has been taken by the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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72 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the amount of money the country is losing because of tax exiles; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance the number of tax exiles Ireland has; the measures he may implement in order to bring them into the tax net; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance his views on the practice of certain newspapers of failing to pass on the entirety of the recent cut in VAT to their customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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73 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance if he will list the tax breaks which were available to Irish citizens during the period June 2009 to February 2011.
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115 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the carer’s grant; and the amounts to be paid to carers.
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114 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the half-rate carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a three classroom extension to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin.
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430 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health the sources of finance available for counsellors wishing to set up men’s help groups, that is, in terms of combating mental health problems; and the way they can be assessed
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422 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health the current medical evidence that indicates the effectiveness, in terms of duration of protection and the proportion of cervical cancer cases prevented, of the human papilloma virus vaccine in use here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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421 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health the information patients, or parents of patients, are currently given before giving their consent to the human papilloma virus vaccination; and if they are not already given information on the benefits and potential risks, if any, of the vaccine, would he support that being done.
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315 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the growing unease at the failure to bring anyone to court in relation to the banking scandals to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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314 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any indications coming from the Director of Public Prosecutions regarding possible legal proceedings arising from the country’s banking scandals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the job being performed by special educational needs organisers might be more suitably undertaken by the inspectorate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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72 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance if a tax credit facility exists for a sub-contractor where they have already paid staff and tax and they have not been paid by the main contractor for whom work has been done; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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628 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason persons who appeal the imposition of penalty points on their licence receive an automatic doubling of the number of penalty points imposed on them in the event that they fail in their appeal.
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552 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health the length of time it takes to respond to persons in need of medical cards, especially persons in urgent and special circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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513 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of all non-training exercises and activities undertaken by the Reserve Defence Force for the past year for which financial accounts are available.
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512 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide figures on the total public expenditure on the Reserve Defence Force for the past year for which financial accounts are available.
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494 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to employ persons who are not members of An Garda Síochána as drivers of ministerial cars in the near future.
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433 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to assist single persons, mainly men, on housing lists to access housing units in which they can reside on their own.
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297 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the outsourcing of administrative tasks by State bodies and agencies to other countries; his further views that this is a counter-productive practice in terms of job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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219 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has powers to limit or increase the numbers undertaking courses which lead to primary teacher qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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218 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of jobs that are available this year for those emerging with primary teaching qualifications.
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217 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of qualified primary teachers who will emerge in 2011 from the privately run colleges which provide primary teaching qualifications.
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216 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of qualified primary teachers who will emerge in 2011 from the State teacher training colleges.
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215 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will use the schools inspectorate at both primary and secondary levels to ensure that special needs assistants are best placed in terms of pupil or student needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance his plans to mount a public awareness campaign in the media to advise pensioners of the levy and its implications; and if so, if he will give details of that campaign.
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173 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on his recent discussions with the pensions industry regarding the industry’s ability to absorb the cost of the pension levy, and if he will report on the outcome.
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150 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members in the Garda Reserve and the functions they are serving.
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390 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when free legal aid will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary.
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301 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any funding application has been made by an organisation (details supplied); if an application has been made, if he will provide a progress report and if there is no application if he will advise if any funding is available to help defray costs of recent refurbishment of the local theatre.
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86 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a leaving certificate course on political science, philosophy, ethics or social studies or any combination of these subjects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the leaving certificate examination in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22.
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361 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health his views that by encouraging more persons to access care that is provided in their own homes under the fair deal scheme, rather than accessing care in nursing homes, there could be scope for savings to the Exchequer without compromising in any way the standard of the care provided.
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360 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health the number of persons accessing care that is provided in their own homes under the fair deal scheme; and the total public expenditure on this form of care.
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359 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health the number of persons accessing care in nursing homes under the fair deal scheme; and the total public expenditure on this form of care.
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311 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he intends to provide three new marked Garda cars for Clondalkin Garda station in view of the fact that the current cars in the station have approximately 300,000 miles on the clock.
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304 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that there is no provision in the immigration system for the proper documentation of legally resident non-EU national children under the age of 16, his plans to undertake to have the system for documentation of legally resident non-EU national children under the age of 16 reviewed in order to entitle these non-EU immigrant children to a clear legal status here.
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226 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will cap the public service obligation levy on energy bills for voluntary organisations in order that the levy, inclusive of VAT, cannot exceed the cost of the energy used for the billing period.
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85 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 13 April 2011, the number of schools that will be evaluated in each of the school years 2010-11 and 2011-12 for the effectiveness of their steps to prevent and respond to homophobic bullying.
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84 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 13 April 2011, the number of schools that will be evaluated in each of the school years 2010-11 and 2011-12 for the effectiveness of their steps to prevent and respond to racist bullying.
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