128 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal of an illness benefit application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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248 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an 88 year old person (details supplied) will have to be removed from the care of a nursing home, which they desperately require, due to the time taken by the Health Service Executive to process their fair deal application and in a situation in which their family cannot pay any further costs relating to nursing home care; if he will instruct the HSE to issue fair deal approval immediately; his view that it is acceptable that the person be returned to the care of the local acute hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of voluntary housing units purchased since the incremental purchase scheme was introduced; if he will further identify the approved housing bodies that have entered into sale agreements and the general locations in which such housing units are located; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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191 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority housing units purchased under the incremental purchase scheme since its introduction; the number of applications refused; if he will supply this information on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a county council may assume to itself the planning duties of a town authority, which has planning authority status, without recourse to the members of the council; if he will outline the formal procedures which should be adhered to in circumstances when the performance of planning authority duties are transferred from one authority to another; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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194 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the manner in which local authorities are managing the rental accommodation scheme; if he will indicate on a county basis the number of RAS units that have been acquired in each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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193 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some local authorities may have acquired properties for use under the rental accommodation scheme, which does not meet the specific local demand; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that units consequently lie idle while the local authority waiting list grows; if he has or will instruct local authorities to desist from this inappropriate use of public money; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of units that have been acquired under the rental accommodation scheme by a local authority (details supplied); the number of these units occupied; the period for which units have been unoccupied; if he is fully satisfied with the operation of the scheme in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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65 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is familiar with the case of a human rights defender (details supplied) of Bahrain; if he has or will raise the issue of the imprisonment of this person directly with the authorities in Bahrain; if he will further raise the issue with his EU colleagues and the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is familiar with the case of human rights defender (details supplied) in Kyrgyzstan; if he has or will raise the issue of the imprisonment of this person directly with the authorities in Kyrgyzstan; if he will further raise the issue with his EU colleagues and the European Union and the OSCE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is familiar with the case of a person (details supplied) in Uzbekistan, a human rights defender and journalist; if he has or will raise the issue of the imprisonment of this person directly with the authorities in Uzbekistan; if he will further raise the issue with his EU colleagues and the European Union and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if cognisant to the fact that the Irish Government became the standard bearer for human rights defenders during their EU Presidency in 2004 through the adoption of EU guidelines, if he will propose to further act on this in the course of his Chairmanship of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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664 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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610 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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608 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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591 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider points made on inter-country adoption from India in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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218 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of executives and administrative staff in each of the 33 vocational education committee head offices; if he will list these by grade, that is CEO, EO, AEO, PO, APO, VII and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken in conjunction with the European External Action Services to bring an end to the nascent civil war and brutal repression in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9854/12]
60 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated yearly savings of the closure of the embassy to the Holy See; if he will reconsider the closure of the Vatican embassy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9853/12]
142 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has provided funding to the parks and wildlife service for the acquisition of Mouds Bog, a special area of conservation in County Kildare; if so, the amount of bogland that was acquired; the price for which said land was purchased; the restoration works or otherwise that have been carried out on the land; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any contact with the countries involved in the first UK-Nordic-Baltic summit; if he intends to apply for membership of the summit in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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259 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange for urgent surgical intervention in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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205 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has given consideration to introducing a tenant purchase scheme for housing units built under the capital loan and subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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204 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of recognised voluntary housing associations that have undertaken long-term leasing arrangements; the number of units that each such association has taken on; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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203 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of recognised voluntary housing bodies currently operating here; the number of housing units being managed by each of these associations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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138 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a redundancy payment has not yet been issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if said payment will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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690 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with current staffing levels in all departments of Naas General Hospital, Kildare; if the public service retirement scheme will impact adversely on the services that the hospital provides; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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689 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the position regarding social work and psychological services in the Kildare town and Monasterevin areas of County Kildare; if the approved staffing levels are in place in this area to provide for these necessary services; if adequate occupational therapy services are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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682 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange for urgent surgical intervention in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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571 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the number of farmers in County Kildare who are still awaiting their 2011 single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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545 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he provides a social work service at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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390 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are applications for the warmer homes scheme operated by Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland made in 2010 by applicants in County Kildare that have not yet been approved or, if approved, have not been carried out; the reason such delays are occurring in County Kildare; if he will indicate the number of cases outstanding in County Kildare from 2010 or earlier; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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285 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider the contents of correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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246 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the total adult and further education budget per vocational education committee for 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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245 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will arrange a meeting between representatives of the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare and appropriate officials in the primary planning and building unit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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232 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the contents of correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding Ireland’s possible ratification of the Antarctic Treaty; if he has had discussions with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government or if his officials have had any discussions regarding this treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an urgent application for the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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138 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has had any engagement with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the matter of student entry visas; if he appreciates the volume of students that could be attracted to undertake higher level programmes here if the visa system was less impenetrable; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the local employment service network throughout the country; if she has provided funding for 2012 for the continuation of this initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had any engagement with the Departments of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Justice and Equality on the matter of student entry visas; if he appreciates the volume of students that could be attracted to undertake higher level programmes here if the visa system was less impenetrable; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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77 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had any contact with the Iranian Government’s education department, or if his attention has been drawn to any contact between third level institutions here and universities in Iran in respect of the possibility of developing third level courses to meet the growing demand of Iranian students to study in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the provision of a primary level school place for a student (details supplied) in County Kildare who has attended a preschool ASD unit attached to their local primary school; if a suitable place will be provided for this student within the local area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the position with regard to DEIS status for a school (details supplied); if he will ensure that the school, a new school representing the amalgamation of three schools, two of which had DEIS status, is given full DEIS status; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the progress made in recent years towards streamlining and modernising primary school provision at a location (detail supplied) in County Kildare; if he acknowledges the value to students and teachers arising from the construction of a comprehensive new education campus; if he will now commit to completing the task by ensuring that the remaining school in the area is extended, upgraded and modernised to meet acceptable, present day standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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65 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will, as a matter of urgency, progress through the planning process an application for a new school at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare where new modern accommodation is urgently required; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been achieved towards the acquisition of a site for a new school or education campus at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of resource hours that have been made available to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he has received a request from the school for additional learning support hours; if he will detail the nature of any such request; if he will respond to the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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38 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the impact of budgetary reductions on Ireland’s aid programme in Uganda; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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