114 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Defence if it is possible to replace an old IRA medal that was lost in a house fire; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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D’fhiafraigh Sandra McLellan den Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil cén chúis nach bhfuil Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte ag déanamh tuarascálacha Teiripeoirí Saothair a thuilleadh do dhaoine atá ag lorg athchoiriú ar a dtithe de bharr sláinte; cad iad na roghanna atá ag daoine nach féidir leo íoc as Teiripeoir Saothair príobháideach; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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D’fhiafraigh Sandra McLellan den Aire Coimirce Sóisialaí an gcuirfidh sí deifir le liúntas míchumais do dhuine (sonraí tugtha) i gCorcaigh; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh.
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105 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 432 of 22 November 2011 and 493 of 14 February 2012, the date on which he will put the question of giving ethnicity status to the Traveller community to the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he expects to receive recommendations from the Law Reform Commission on the law on domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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214 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to realise the potential of genealogy tourism at home and abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a domiciliary care allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; her views on whether seven months is an acceptable length of time for persons to have to wait for appeal decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the development of the social housing stock owned by the State over the course of 2012.
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154 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities that do not have a full-time arts officer; his plans to address this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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33 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role he sees for Irish embassies in promoting Irish heritage and culture; the efforts he has made to ensure this potential is realised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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536 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health when a medical card claim will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
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523 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the reason medical card and general practitioner cards are being withdrawn from applicants who have been deemed by the medical card office to not have proof of income while awaiting the outcome of social welfare claims; and to comment on the case of a person (details supplied) whose income is currently zero.
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364 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 531 of 28 February 2011, if he will clarify the appeal procedure is to be applied to rectify this error or please advise if local authorities are to rectify the error.
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72 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the efforts he has made to protect the terms and conditions of employment in the Irish film industry for production and pre-production workers; if appropriate training and career development programmes are in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way the commitment in the programme for Government regarding the development of cultural tourism opportunities will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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217 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
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216 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
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159 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it states in the housing policy the maximum acceptable time that a person has to wait for an assessment for housing need following receipt of a social housing application; if he will give details of this timeframe; and her plans to review the current policy.
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158 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 2 February 2012, if he will confirm that social housing applications are updated at the counter of the local authority office in view of a statement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the household charge is in fact a law or a statute; if it is in fact law, if he will clarify the reason the public are being asked to register their consent to pay the charge instead of all home owners being sent a letter requesting them to pay it; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection when a review will take place of the many appeals in respect of a person (details supplied).
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51 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection if there has been any increase in the number of applications for exceptional or emergency needs payments; if so, the scale of same; and if she will make additional funds available for administration by community welfare officers in view of cuts to social welfare payments made by budget 2012.
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8 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will make a statement detailing the schedule and nature of training planned for all staff in her Department to enable the National Employments and Entitlements Service to operate effectively. [11876/12]
140 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the Health Service Executive occupational therapist reports are not sufficient for local authorities when tenants need essential works carried out due to health issues; the reason that local authority housing tenants need an OT report when they must have this done by a private therapist at the cost of anywhere up to €300; if there is any funding available to persons who cannot afford to have this report done privately; if the community welfare officer can pay the occupational therapist and be reimbursed when the works are approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite and approve an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will expedite a decision.
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32 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to promote and support bids by credit institutions to access the EU progress microfinance facility; the amount that will be drawn down from this programme; and when this fund will be available to the small and medium enterprises sector.
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11 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the target he has set for institutions in this State to draw down support from the EU progress micro enterprise fund.
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768 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 447 of 17 January 2012, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive.
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730 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the reason a medical card application has not yet been completed when all the information has been sent in since December 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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728 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 26 January 2012, when a response will issue.
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539 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason applicants from an EEA and-or a non-EEA country applying for social housing cannot just sign a sworn affidavit stating that they do not own property; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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531 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Question No. 482 of 21 February 2012, and the response given, clearly the estate in question was omitted in error as when the council made amendments in April 2011 the estate was still under the control of a company (details supplied) and the estate would have fallen under both categories three and four.
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239 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 6 December 2011, if he will provide an update on the planning application for a school (details supplied); the efforts he has made to secure appropriate accommodation; the date on which building work will start on that new building; if he will provide a timeline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 6 December 2011, in view of the fact that planning permission has now been refused by An Bord Pleanála if he has identified a suitable alternative for the school to be built; if he considers the National Asset Management Agency land at a location (details supplied) a suitable alternative; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the changes, if any, he plans to make to Government members’ travel allowances and the accounting of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the performance assessment measures he intends to implement to address the lack of a general accountability framework for senior and middle managers across the public sector.
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43 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if Irish Bank Resolution Corporation requires the full €47 billion of the promissory note, that is the €30 billion capital and €17 billion interest, in order to pay off its liabilities in full or is the amount required to have its liabilities paid in full a lesser amount; if so, the amount which could result in the winding up of the bank at an earlier date; if so, the date at which those liabilities would be paid under the current schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail the total amount of money required by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation from the Exchequer to enable IBRC to pay their total liabilities to the Central Bank of Ireland in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9957/12]
690 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is no legislation in place to issue AB certificates for able sea-men; the options that are available to people who have a job waiting for them but cannot start without receiving their certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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658 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
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657 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will prioritise a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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482 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason phase 1 of an estate (details supplied) is not exempt from the household charge when a similar estate is; if he will clarify the difference between these estates; if the same rules were applied to both estates when the decision was reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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464 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons to date that have registered to pay the household charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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454 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he considered any of the homeowners who have been obliged to emigrate due to the current lack of jobs available to them in this country before he implemented the household charge tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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424 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 9 February 2012, the area in question must have been identified in error of having broadband services because there is no broadband available in the area, when will this anomaly be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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403 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason semi-State bodies are reverting back to the English language names, for example Bord na gCon is now widely known as the Irish Greyhound Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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379 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer’s allowance 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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378 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether 13.5 weeks is an acceptable time to be waiting without a decision being made on a carer’s allowance application.
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377 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection when a carer’s allowance application will be approved and processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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