13 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the active and practical support he will implement to prevent the redundancy rate of 1,200 people a week; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the measures he will introduce to prevent delayed payments to small business; the monitoring and enforcement that is in place to administer the 15 day prompt payment rule; the mechanisms that will be put in place when prompt payment has not been met; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the steps he will take to address the difficulties facing the Irish music industry.
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14 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has begun negotiations with the 18 religious orders cited in the Ryan report for the transfer of school infrastructure; the criteria that will be used to zone them for educational or other purposes on their transfer.
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259 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that school children receive the recommended 120 minutes per week of physical education.
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56 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance the full extent of the State commitment to the Anglo Irish Bank-Liberty Mutual preferred bid for Quinn Insurance Limited in either direct cash terms, guarantees or underwriting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance when will the European Commission have finalised its examination of the restructuring plan for Anglo Irish Bank; the details for the restructuring plan for Anglo Irish Bank; when the details for the orderly work out of Anglo Irish Bank will be made public; the timeframe envisioned for the work out of Anglo Irish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs while there is extensive discussion in the programme for Government of Ireland’s role vis-à-vis the European Union, particularly regarding the proposed increased role of the Houses of the Oireachtas in scrutinising EU legislative measures, the reason there is no mention of the Charter of Fundamental Rights or of the EU’s accession shortly to the European Convention on Human Rights and if he attaches significance to these developments.
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13 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his trade brief includes responsibility for the regulation of the licensing and monitoring of exports and brokering of military and dual-use goods from Ireland under the Control of Exports Act 2008; and if so, if he will ensure the annual reports due to be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas under that Act are produced in a timely fashion in view of the fact that no annual report has yet emerged for the years 2008, 2009 or 2010.
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61 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his view of his Department being the lead Department engaging with the International Civil Aviation Organisation; if he will set out the deficiencies identified within the Chicago Convention and any steps taken towards its review.
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38 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his view that Ireland has been used as a stopover on known rendition circuits; the discussions he has had with the Department of Justice and Equality and Department of Defence on this issue.
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126 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that new entrants whose nearest school is the closed school in Ladysbridge, County Cork, will be allowed to continue to be eligible for transport to a school (details supplied).
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12 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will ring-fence €50 million per year from the dormant accounts fund for the community and voluntary sector.
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48 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the negative impact the privatisation of Coillte would have on the tourism industry in Ireland.
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37 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the recent report suggesting that the cost to the State in tourism and other sectors during the 2001 foot and mouth epidemic was €210 million; and the measures he will put in place to prevent a similar crisis in the future affecting our tourism sector.
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74 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health and Children the date on which he will introduce legislation for the provision of soft information; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will reverse the cutbacks to dental treatment services imposed by the previous Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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19 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to amend the criteria of class 1 and class 2 local authorities to rectify the anomalies where certain smaller councils are rating authorities and larger councils do not have the same powers.
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15 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to allow an exemption for domestic turf cutting on 75 national area sites; and the date on which he will introduce an agreed code of environmental practices.
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25 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the extent, if any, of capital or current funding provided for sporting or cultural activities in County Cork for each of the past four years, both from the proceeds of the national lottery and other sources; the intended future expenditure from each source for the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport his plans to reverse the decline in tourism in Youghal and east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport in order to boost tourism in east Cork and to create tourism related jobs, if he will support initiatives including the reopening of the Midleton to Youghal railway line.
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34 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date regarding the introduction of gender recognition legislation; the timetable for introduction of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection the current average and longest waiting times for social welfare appeals against refusals under the various schemes.
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55 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when the legally binding voluntary commercial debt plan structures will be introduced as per the programme for Government; the way these structures will work; the persons responsible for overseeing these structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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38 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation the way the co-operative model will be promoted; the way he will ensure a level playing field between co-operatives and the other legal options for structuring enterprise activities; when he will establish the constructive framework for the realisation of the potential of the sector as per the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the national literacy strategy for children and young persons will be developed; when it is expected to be rolled out; when will every school be required to have a literacy action plan; the supports that will be made available to schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance the discussions that he and other representatives from the Department of Finance have had within the past few weeks with the International Monetary Fund; the positions taken by him and the IMF; the outcome of the meetings; if he will provide a schedule of meetings he is due to have with officials from both the Commission and the IMF; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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