64 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance the process by which Anglo Irish Bank was re-named Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; the person who came up with the name; the reason the word resolution was used; if his attention has been drawn to any potential issues arising from the use of the word resolution with respect to receiving EU funding; if any concerns have been expressed to him by any EU official or institution on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if he has requested the day one lists for Anglo bonds from Anglo Irish Bank, IBRC; if he will publish this list; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the efforts he has made in conjunction with other Departments to ensure the provision of appropriate broadband services for small and medium tourist businesses, particularly in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the recent report from the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation entitled New Directions for Tourism in the West, the efforts he has made and will make to ensure a viable tourism industry in the west of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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18 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he intends to open up a new round of applications for the capital sports grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of pools that were grant aided under the local authorities swimming pool initiative; the number of applications that were received for this scheme; if all of the funding available was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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567 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he would consider organising a national stillbirth remembrance day similar to that organised in Canada and the United States.
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566 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time to process medical card applications; and if it has increased significantly since centralisation on 1 July.
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544 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the issuing of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
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275 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for domiciliary care allowance now under appeal will be expedited and approved in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork; the medical grounds on which the application was initially refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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213 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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214 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an oral hearing for carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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212 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an oral hearing in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the amount of money spent by the State in 2010 on child and adolescent mental health services; the amount of money spent to date in 2011 by the State on child and adolescent mental health services; and if he will provide a breakdown of this money for both years.
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44 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to expand the guardian ad litem scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of vacant social worker posts; the location of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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77 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he has taken to ensure that all national monuments are publicly accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons currently employed in making safe ghost estates; the amount of money drawn down for this work by local authorities; and the amount of work of this nature that is still required.
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18 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has met with the Department of Health in relation to development of a holistic youth homelessness strategy.
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375 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecution cases for speeding that have been brought in front of Mallow District Court, Kanturk District Court, Macroom District Court and Fermoy District court, County Cork, on the basis of evidence obtained by mobile speed detection vans from 1 January 2011 to 1 October 2011, inclusive; and the number of these cases in each of Mallow District Court, Kanturk District Court, Macroom District Court and Fermoy District Court that have been dismissed or struck out.
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300 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the possible relocation of the Book of Kells from Trinity College, Dublin, to Kells, County Meath; the contacts he has had with Trinity College regarding this proposition; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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284 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how the shortfall of €1 million on the Dublin Contemporary exhibition can be justified in this current economic climate; if the Comptroller and Auditor General has examined the funding arrangements and contracts; and the programmes that will be curtailed to fund the shortfall.
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301 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans for the continued protection of post-1700 monuments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans for the continued protection of post-1700 monuments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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32 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection her views that her Department’s analysis of the distributive and poverty impacts on families of the budget 2012 tax or welfare package should supplement the relative at risk of poverty measure with a mechanism to gauge the impact on minimum essential incomes, that is, the capacity of households to secure a standard of living which meets their physical, psychological and social needs, UN definition of adequate lifestyle; and if, to this end, she will incorporate and build on the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice’s work on minimum essential budgets.
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16 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection her views that the issue of welfare fraud has been exaggerated by some in the media (details supplied) with knock-on negative consequences for the public’s understanding and confidence in the system; and the steps she will take to ensure that the issue is reported in a more measured way.
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123 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to build a helipad as part of the redevelopment of the National Gallery of Ireland; if the effects of such a feature on the safety and protection of artworks housed in the museum have been assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when permission for the Dublin Contemporary 2011 exhibition to be mounted in the National Gallery of Ireland was given.
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120 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of public money given to the Dublin Contemporary 2011 event as funding.
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119 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the body that gave permission for the Dublin Contemporary 2011 event to be housed in State-owned buildings.
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62 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Cork and because of its broad catchment area relies heavily on school transport for its survival, he will review his decision to reinstate the school transport to pupils currently attending this school.
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60 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the case of a school (details supplied) in County Cork in which its union of parishes covers a catchment area of more than 400 square miles for the last 39 years, he will give details of his new policy and the way he came to his recent decision; and if he will outline the policy position in relation to pupils attending this minority school and accessing school transport particularly in view of the fact that they reside more than the 3.2 kilometres distance criteria but in this case are being denied transport because they are not deemed to be coming from a distinct locality.
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59 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the transport difficulties being currently experienced by pupils attending a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will investigate this representation and fast track their schools transport appeal application process.
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22 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts he has made to reform the grant aid system here.
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12 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new business start-ups that have been achieved in the seven months since he came to office, on a county basis; and his targets for the next 12 months.
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74 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views that the culture of excessively high pension pay outs to senior civil and public servants will be ended by the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme) and Remuneration Bill.
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38 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the results of the consultation process on raw milk will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if he has completed the review of the universal social charge as committed to in the programme for Government; the outcome of this review; if he will make the findings public; and if he intends to amend or abolish the USC.
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29 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if he or any other Government Department has applied for funding to the European Investment Bank to part fund major capital intensive infrastructure projects to be initiated during the lifetime of the Government.
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70 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the preparations that he is making to ensure that Ireland makes a meaningful contribution to the upcoming high level summit meeting on aid effectiveness in Busan.
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223 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the potential of winter tourism here; his plans to see that potential maximised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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19 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the work of the high level co-ordinating group which is identifying opportunities that might arise from the proximity of the London Olympics and Paralympic Games in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health his plans to reform the system of entry of general practitioners into the general medical services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current state of preparation regarding his plans for universal health insurance.
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53 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current state of preparations for the promised referendum on children’s rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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29 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will increase funding for the education sector to the level of the OECD average of 6% of GDP.
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33 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that his Department carried out a proper consultation process with subject associations, particularly in relation to home economics, which is specifically referred to the NCCA process report.
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23 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the situation in which many persons who bought their homes from a local authority under the shared ownership scheme are now unable to sell and move on due to the fact that the council share has remained at an artificially high price which would force any seller to take a loss; and his plans to support these persons in moving on to more suitable housing.
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46 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to invest in long-term development of the public housing stock.
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