1783. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who needs a hearing aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38743/12]
1132. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if a local authority is permitted by law to take foster care allowance into account as means for rent calculation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39279/12]
934. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available for a person in Cobh, County Cork who wishes to start up an Edwardian style catering service tying in with the Titanic period in Cobh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38812/12]
903. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht the figures for any potential savings in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36982/12]
902. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht the updated figures for expenditure savings as outlined in last years budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36981/12]
72. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to increase funding for social housing maintenance works in budget 2013. [39065/12]
234 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an estate (details supplied) in County Cork is included in the list of 770 developments of site resolution plans by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to engage in European projects that can showcase the value of heritage here; if he intends to develop a new empowering and community led enabling approach to the management and conservation of our heritage assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the fact that the European Commission will be investing over seventy billion euro in developing the creative economy across Europe his plans to develop/build Ireland’s creative economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35423/12]
38 Deputy Sandra McLellan den an Aire Ealaíon; Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cé mhéid post atá cruthaithe agus caillte sa Ghaeltacht sa chéad leath den bhliain; an bhfuil na figiúirí seo de réir na spriocanna atá leagtha síos ag a Roinn. [35028/12]
5 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to invest in heritage infrastructure in order to maintain productive jobs in the public and private sector; his plans to revitalise investment with key partners in local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35832/12]
866 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the reason fibromyalgia is not classified as a disability; the measures he is going to put in place to rectify this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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852 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will put support mechanisms in place for fibromyalgia sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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472 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 10 July 2012, the Minister who is responsible for the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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319 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients in receipt of rent allowance in Cork city and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether holders of a PSV licence are being informed that they would have to give up the licence altogether in order to qualify for a jobseeker’s payment; and her views on whether this is counterproductive in view of the fact that it would take some time to replace which may hamper the persons ability to find and take up employment.
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25 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce provisions to ease the transition from carer’s allowance to jobseeker’s allowance for persons whose caring duties come to an end.
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68 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a dispute between two workers and the vocational education committee following the closure of a VEC créche in a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the consideration given to determining budgets of the new LEO’s on the basis of need as measured by unemployment. [33859/12]
6 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the review of county enterprise boards being conducted by the Central Coordination Unit within Enterprise Ireland. [33860/12]
490 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 687 of 24 April 2012 if the meeting scheduled for 19 June 2012 took place; if he will clarify the position of occupational therapists in the East Cork area as currently the Health Service Executive do not provide occupational therapy reports for people in Youghal, County Cork who are in need of having their homes adapted due to ill health; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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398 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 552 of 3 July 2012 the reason his Department can ignore a court ruling and not pay compensation to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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318 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any changes in legislation are proposed with regard to the importation of partially used or worn vehicle tyres; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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241 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the reason that those who answer the primary care reimbursement service dedicated Deputy line cannot answer important questions and they must send the request on to a processing section and wait for them to return with the required information; the reason requests that have been sent on as a priority at least four times after two or three weeks still have not been responded to (details supplied) by the processing section; the way he intends to deal with this problem as it is unsatisfactory; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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218 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a centre's (details supplied) employees benefited from the national pay awards for private sector workers negotiated in the context of national agreements, the reason the Department of Finance in 2008 stopped the first instalment of T16 — 3.5% — that was due to them in October-November of that year, as the increase at the time had already been approved by the company board of MTL and this increase was outside the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009; the grounds the Department of Finance had in 2008 to interfere with private sector workers pay outside of legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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211 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 462 of 26 June 2012, the persons who pay the wages of Moorepark staff, County Cork; if it is a private company or the Department of Finance; if it is a private company paying the wages, the reason the Department of Finance has control over the way they are paid and can stop wage agreements without negotiations and also acknowledge a Labour Court recommendation received in 2010 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 28 June 2012, if a landlord is permitted to pass the household tax or future property tax or local authority charges on to the tenant by making it a condition of the tenancy agreement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 16, 31 and 39 of 28 June 2012, the number of properties in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to designate the Moore Street area of Dublin as a battlefield site and develop it as a cultural historic quarter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to set up a task force to ensure that a co-ordinated plan is implemented to convert Moore Street, Dublin and its laneways into a cultural historic quarter by 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he will make public all reports relating to the Moore Street 1916 commemoration site, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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154 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to roll out local biodiversity action plans across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the importance of heritage based tourism to the Irish tourist industry; his plans to develop this particular sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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155 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to restore funding for research grants to the Heritage Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to increase funding to the Heritage Council for National Heritage Week 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to extend community based projects supported under the Heritage Council’s grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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142 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to enact legislation to protect rent supplement recipients that face eviction and displacement as a consequence of the new lower rent thresholds; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the number of non-governmental organisations on the committee to review the domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement an all-Ireland anti-bullying strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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552 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 769 of 6 June 2012 and 541 of 19 June 2012, in view of the fact that in the court case in question his Department failed in a prosecution against the herd owner and the judge stated that there was no case to answer, the reason his Department is refusing to pay compensation and telling the herd owner to appeal this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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355 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer’s application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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273 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when emergency funding will be made available to replace a collapsed section of seawall and reinforce a section of the R634 formerly the N25 main road in and out of Youghal, County Cork, which has been partially closed to traffic since the 9 May; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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266 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Cork does not have basic facilities which are normal for a school with ten teachers and four resource/learning support teachers; the funding he plans to put in place to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport in view of the latest Central Statistics Office figures showing a marginal decrease in visitor numbers in the first quarter of 2012 versus the same period in 2011, the efforts he will make to increase visitor numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32081/12]
200 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will appoint an ombudsman to deal with solicitors and complaints against them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the procedures in place to ensure that houses repossessed under shared ownership are properly maintained while unoccupied; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the person whose responsibility it is to maintain a repossessed shared ownership house in the possession of a local authority; if it is acceptable that one year after it was repossessed that it has been let fall into such disrepair that it has now become a health hazard infested by rats, is overgrown with six foot long grass and the fence is falling into the neighbours property; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a landlord is permitted to pass the household tax or future property tax on to the tenant by making it a condition of the tenancy agreement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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462 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 13 June 2012, the reason employees of a company (details supplied) were refused benchmarking in 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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280 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person taking part in a community employment scheme was disqualified from applying for the position of a Tús supervisory role; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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