37 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any engagement with the Department of 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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489 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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487 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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181 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the approved staffing level for each vocational educational committee in 2011 together with the grades of staff for whom approval was in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide figures detailing the capital allocation budget to each vocational educational committee in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the non-capital allocation to each vocational educational committee in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is in a position to outline the impact of budgetary reductions on the aid programme in Lesotho; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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257 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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250 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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140 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an oral hearing on an appeal for domiciliary care in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she 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 he has, individually or in tandem with European partners, carried out a recent review of the political situation in Burma; if he has had or intends to have direct contact with Madam Aung San Suu Kyi or members of her party, the National League for Democracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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61 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is yet in a position to outline the impact of budgetary reductions on Ireland’s aid programme in Ethiopia; 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 his attention has been drawn to significant weaknesses in the system of public administration in Haiti; if he has had or will undertake discussions with other European partners in relation to support for capacity building for the Haitian authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no more than 40% of aid promised by several Governments in the immediate aftermath of the Haitian disaster has been provided; if he will identify countries and particularly European partners that have not honoured commitments in this regard; if he will lobby the international community to provide additional support; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that he has honoured his commitment to provide aid in the aftermath of the Haitian crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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614 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for urgent surgical intervention in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, whose condition has deteriorated since last reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Finance his views on proposals regarding betting legislation contained in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Central Bank of Ireland has issued a revised Code of Conduct for Regulated Entities; If his further attention has been drawn to the fact that new provisions have been made which effectively ban cold calling in that regulation 3.38 requires the regulated entity to have received informed consent prior to visiting with a potential customer; his views that such a ban on cold calling will impact in a severely negative way on many insurance brokerages giving rise to loss of employment in some of these businesses; if he will request the Central Bank of Ireland to review and revise its code; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has yet determined the amount of funding to be made available under the capital assistance scheme for 2012; if this will allow projects to be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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51 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of his interest in and concern for the achievement of political, social and economic progress in Bosnia, if he will ensure the Bosnian situation is highlighted as one of Ireland’s priority issues during the 2013 EU Presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be in a position in his role as chairperson of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe to contribute in any way towards the achievement of greater stability in Bosnia; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has studied the details of the address made by Lord Ashdown at the recent joint meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committees on European Union Affairs and Foreign Affairs and Trade; his views on Lord Ashdown’s statement and if he shares Lord Ashdown’s concerns regarding the lack of progress towards normalisation and stability in Bosnia; his views that the federal structure of the state is being threatened by secessionists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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703 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an annual return is being achieved by the National Roads Authority on moneys invested via the public private partnership system on motorway service stations; if returns have been deferred in any instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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678 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health his views on the shortage of consultant neurologists here; the ideal number of consultant posts which should be in place to serve the existing population; the measures he proposes to take to address this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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677 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the reason he does not provide funding for the Parkinson’s Association of Ireland; if he will review the situation in order that some level of financial support can be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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680 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to provide for deep brain stimulation treatment here; the level of expenditure incurred annually since 2008 in sending Parkinson’s sufferers abroad for such treatment; if he has considered the possibility of developing a DBS unit on an all-Ireland basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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679 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he plans to provide additional Parkinson’s disease specialist nurses; if he has considered the provision of a training programme for such specialist nurses here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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401 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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400 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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183 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the consultations he has had with community and educational interests in an area (details supplied) in County Kildare, in which it is proposed to develop a new primary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he anticipates the establishment of a new primary school in a town (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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181 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue in relation to the patronage of a proposed new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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155 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Finance his views the recent appointment of a special manager to Newbridge Credit Union, County Kildare; if his attention has been drawn to the excellent reputation that the credit union has in Newbridge in respect of the services it provides to its members and to the broader community; if his attention has further been drawn to the controversy surrounding the level of fees which it is reported will be paid to the special manager and his team; if he will confirm the actual level of costs approved on an hourly or daily basis in respect of the appointment of this manager; if he is satisfied that the future of Newbridge Credit Union and its members’ savings are secure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will issue a personal invitation on behalf of the Irish people to His Holiness Benedict XVI to visit Ireland on the occasion of the 2012 International Eucharistic Congress; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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298 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which public funds have been expended to date on the planning, design, development and construction of on-line motorway service stations; the anticipated expenditure on such projects after the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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259 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the percentage of medical card applications made in 2011 that were processed within the 15-day period targeted by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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134 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if any statistical address has been done on the rate of applications for rent allowance, the approval, refusal and appeal rates on rent allowance applications; the average length of time to process an application; the percentage of cases in which further information requests have issued since the system was centralised; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the period for assessment of applications for rent allowance has become so protracted since the community welfare service has transferred to her Department; the reason rent allowance applications which could be processed within days when being dealt with by the local community welfare officer are now taking months to process since the system was centralised; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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504 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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501 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will seek to have urgently required surgery expedited in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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498 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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497 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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250 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal in respect of a disability 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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176 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the effect of the decision to introduce phased adjustments to the staffing schedules in one, two, three and four-teacher schools from 2012-2013 on a school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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109 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to publish a review of the Second Global Economic Forum held at Dublin Castle; when any such report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Taoiseach if he intends to publish a review of the Second Global Economic Forum held in Dublin Castle; if he will indicate when any such report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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32 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the protest, if any, that he has made regarding the erosion of individual and press freedoms in Hungary; the discussions he has held with his EU counterparts on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2485/12]
29 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific overseas development services and projects that will be affected by the €53 million reduction in the overseas development aid budget for 2012; the impact that this will have on his commitment to earmarking 0.7% of GNP for overseas development aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2484/12]
219 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will seek to have urgently required surgery expedited in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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