151 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which the work of the expert skills group currently attached to his Department will transfer for the training activities of FÁS, as recently announced by the Taoiseach on 23 March 2010; the number of personnel who are civil servants; the number of personnel who are public servants; the number of staff which will move from his Department or FÁS; the location within the estate of the Department of Education and Science where they will be accommodated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the size of the unit responsible for skills and training policy currently within his Department; the exact number of personnel directly employed in his Department who will be transferred to the Department of Education and Science; the location in the estate of the Department of Education and Science where they will be housed; the size of the budget as set out in the Estimates for 2010 for which they have responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Taoiseach the list of all proposals in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure relating to his Department or to bodies or agencies under his remit which have been implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the project maths pilot programme; her plans to roll out the project to all schools in 2010; if she will confirm that the syllabus will be finalised ahead of the new course being rolled out to all schools; if she will confirm if reports that the October 2009 trial exam resulted in grade inflation of up to 150% when compared to the current maths syllabus; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made on the review of gambling announced by him in May 2009, when he expects this process to be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he plans to appoint a Legal Services Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the allocation of funds for investment in sports facilities in 2010 from all sources; the source of these funds; and the allocation of these funds by project type.
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161 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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779 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has had a bilateral meeting with his Northern Ireland counterpart, the Minister for Employment and Learning, following a meeting on 16 February 2010 of the IBEC-CBI Joint Business Council and Universities Ireland at which concerns were raised in relation to the low numbers of undergraduate students crossing the Border to undertake studies in the other jurisdiction; if his attention has been drawn to the low number of Northern Ireland undergraduates attending universities here due to the variation in the evaluation of the leaving certificate examination results here and the A level examinations which apply to final year secondary school pupils in Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom; if these matters have been discussed by his officials with the Higher Education Authority here and with their counterparts in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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778 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the negotiations between his Department and a body (details supplied) in relation to applied behavioural analysis schools; if these negotiations have now been merged into another set of negotiations between his Department and a trade union; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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773 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 2 March 2010, if a company (details supplied) has always been able to furnish his Department with the correct certificate to ensure WEEE compliance; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the official WEEE register website shows this company has never been WEEE compliant; if he will reconsider its position on the personal computer framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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729 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science if teachers on secondment to school completion programmes are being forced to return to ordinary teaching duties; his views on a case (details supplied) in County Wexford; if there are any alternative options available for school completion programmes to recruit staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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569 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will publish the analysis of the impact of the social welfare and other measures proposed in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes on families, which was prepared by the social inclusion division of her Department in advance of budget 2010.
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532 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated yield to the Exchequer in a full year of a 1% increase in PRSI for the self employed.
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531 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated yield to the Exchequer in a full year of a 1% increase in employees PRSI.
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530 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated yield to the Exchequer in a full year of a 1% increase in employer’s PRSI.
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434 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will announce the membership of the working group (details supplied); if the working group will seek submissions from interested persons and members of the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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176 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield to the Exchequer in a full year of a 5 cent, 10 cent and 50 cent increase in excise duty on cigarettes, per pack of 20, and the associated consumer price index effect.
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175 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield to the Exchequer in a full year of a 5 cent, 10 cent and 50 cent increase in excise duty on wine, per 75 cl, and the associated consumer price index effect.
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174 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield to the Exchequer in a full year of a 1 cent, 5 cent and 10 cent increase in excise duty on cider and perry, per pint, and the associated consumer price index effect.
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173 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield to the Exchequer in a full year of a 1 cent, 5 cent and 10 cent increase in excise duty on spirits, per glass, and the associated consumer price index effect.
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172 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield to the Exchequer in a full year of a 1 cent, 5 cent and 10 cent increase in excise duty on beer, per pint, and the associated consumer price index effect.
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171 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield to the Exchequer in a full year of a 1 cent, 5 cent and 10 cent increase in excise duty on auto diesel, per litre, and the associated consumer price index effect.
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170 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield to the Exchequer in a full year of a 1 cent, 5 cent and 10 cent increase in excise duty on unleaded petrol, per litre, and the associated consumer price index effect.
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168 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield to the Exchequer in a full year of a 1% increase in the lower rate of VAT.
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167 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield to the Exchequer in a full year of a 1% increase in the higher rate of VAT.
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100 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Finance when the review of the capital investments programme promised in the revised programme for Government 2009 is due to start; the duration of that review; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Finance if the cost of carbon is included in the budget allocations for specific capital investments; if so, the capital investments that are included in the cost of carbon; the shadow price of carbon that his Department is using; the shadow price that his Department plans to use in the years 2010 to 2050 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to reduce the level of salmonella infection in the pig herd here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Finance the impact he expects bank recapitalisation will have on the Exchequer and the general Government balance in 2010 and in 2011; the impact he expects bank recapitalisation will have on the National Pensions Reserve Fund in 2010 and in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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68 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the work of the interdepartmental and expert mortgage arrears review group; when he expects this group to report and make recommendations; the terms of reference of this group; the reason there is no representative from the money advice and budgeting service in this group; if this apparent anomaly is set to be rectified; if he plans to introduce interim measures to relieve financial pressure on homeowners in arrears; the updated estimate of the number of homeowners in arrears and in negative equity; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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283 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of landowners who have volunteered to participate in the two pilot walking schemes at Carauntwohill, County Kerry and Mount Gable, County Galway; if these two pilot schemes have been completed; the number of new schemes planned; when they will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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282 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the voices of anger that have been expressed in the German media by disappointed tourists who returned from here having experienced blocked access to country walks (details supplied); the action he proposes to take to ensure that the commitments by him to facilitate ease of access to countryside walking here are pursued; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the work of the company law review group; the timeframe for the publication of legislation following the reports of this group; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding legislation to provide for the amalgamation of the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority; the timeline for the publication of this legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science the criteria and methodology he used in selecting the location and patronage of the seven new primary schools which he announced on 16 February 2010; whether the commission on school accommodation, the new schools advisory committee or the National Parents Council were consulted in advance of this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical assessment units in place in acute hospitals; if an audit has been carried out on the way these units have affected waiting times in accident and emergency departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Health and Children if construction plans for the proposed new National Children’s Hospital have been affected by the current economic climate; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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428 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will raise the matter of costs of registering as an architect here with an organisation (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the registration fee here is €490 while in the UK, it is €86; if he will further raise with the organisation the possibility of introducing a separate charge which would include registration but not automatic membership to its organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she is involved in the release of funds from the European Globalisation Fund; when a course (details supplied) will receive its funds; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that unless the funds are provided the course will be cancelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money that has been spent on digital radio here; the position regarding the project; if he will comment on criticisms of DAB radio as being outdated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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77 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he plans to combat the digital divide; if he is satisfied that persons who wish to learn how to use the Internet across broad sections of society have an opportunity to learn; the numbers of eInclusion grants awarded; the numbers of training places that have been taken up; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding plans to construct a new national school to replace the current school building occupied by a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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68 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Defence the savings that will accrue to his Department arising from the public service pay cuts applied by the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No 2) Act 2009; the number of personnel whose pay has been cut; the average reduction in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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506 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of students who are enrolled in part-time and full-time access courses in third level institutions by these institutions and student numbers in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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492 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science the new school building projects that will commence in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions she has had with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding amalgamating parts of FÁS activation programmes with her Department.
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91 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to amend the habitual residency rule to provide greater weight to the length of previous residency by the applicant.
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