56 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent warnings from Lord Ashdown, the former international high representative for Bosnia, that mounting Bosnian Serb pressure to break up the multiethnic state could see conflict return to the region; and if these issues have been discussed at an EU level.
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51 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of trade relations with Turkey; the way trade relations are progressing; his views that the potential membership of Turkey in the EU would be beneficial to Ireland in terms of trade; if he envisages any obstacles to furthering trade relations with Turkey; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the recently published Africa strategy, initiated by the former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Micheál Martin will be debated in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of bilateral meetings he has held at EU level; the issues that were discussed; 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 his views on whether there will be discussions between Israel and Palestine; when these will take place; and if there will be a time frame put on the outcome.
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144 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in developing a centralised system for the processing of medical card applications; the average period of time now required to process an application; the percentage of applications which are fully complete on being received; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding persons who have fled the family home being included on local authority waiting lists; if he is insisting that spouses or partners who have left the family home on foot of violence, abuse or intimidation must produce evidence to a local authority that they have commenced proceedings for a legal separation prior to being included on a housing waiting list; the regulations that apply in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection the average length of time being taken by her to assess an application for rent supplement; the number of such applications she receives on average per month, together with the number of applications which are granted, refused or are subject of a request for further information; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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542 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there are sufficient staff allocated to the paediatric rheumatology services at Our Lady’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12, to meet the growing demands for such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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335 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total funding available under the capital loan assistance scheme; the extent to which this fund is committed for 2011; if new projects are envisaged; his plans to continue the scheme in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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520 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive to expedite a procedure in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he will appoint a new ambassador to Australia; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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D’fhiafraigh Seán Ó Fearghaíl den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil plean aige faoi na hábhair múinteoirí a bhíonn ag freastal ar chúrsaí sa Ghaeltacht; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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22 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there has been any progress in finding a new tenant for the Lighthouse Cinema in Smithfield, Dublin 7, in order that it can continue operating as an art house and cultural cinema centre.
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250 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of tiger kidnapping offences committed in each of the past five years; the number of prosecutions that have been initiated for such offences; the number of convictions arising from same; and the average sentence handed down in such cases.
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54 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of financial aid that will be provided to the escalating emergency in east Africa; if any additional funding will be provided on top of the €400,000 allocation from Irish Aid on 5 July 2011; if he has undertaken any engagement at UN level regarding the emerging reports of the scale of the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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33 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will be detailing changes to social insurance-related appropriations-in-aid in the outcome of her negotiation with other Departments as part of the Estimates process.
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43 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number, grade and locations of staff in his Department and further changes to any of these details which he envisages for the next six months.
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53 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his priorities for the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe once Ireland assumes the presidency in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the work being undertaken in developing bilateral trade relations with India; if he will encourage high level diplomatic and trade interests to visit Ireland; if he will consider issuing a formal invitation to the Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, to visit Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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17 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for Ireland’s Presidency of the EU in 2013; if he has identified his priorities for the EU Presidency in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the date for the establishment of the Export Trade Council; the terms of reference for the council; if he will discuss the proposed membership of the council with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is committed to lobbying the US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, to ensure that there continues to be a United States Economic Envoy to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider correspondence regarding a PPS number in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 30 June 2011, the reason he has not given a full and complete response to same; if he will now supply the information requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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562 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will detail precisely the budget made available via the Health Service Executive to Beechpark Services; the total number of staff employed by Beechpark Services; the number of children receiving services at each location; the way he or the HSE evaluate the services provided by Beechpark Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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355 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for rent supplement will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, in view of their health and family circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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257 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way he proposes to approach the situation in which some post-primary schools refused to admit children with special needs or refused to develop ASD units to meet the specific demands of students in their catchment areas who progressed from such units at primary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the strategy he is adopting to ensure that children on the autistic spectrum and other children with special needs currently being educated in mainstream primary schools can continue their education at post-primary level while retaining all essential supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail the date, location and duration of all bilateral meetings held by the Minister of State for European Affairs with Ministers of eurozone countries separate from meetings on the margins of EU ministerial meetings.
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112 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail the date, location and duration of all bilateral meetings he has personally held with Ministers of eurozone countries separate from meetings on the margins of meetings of the external relations Council.
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91 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Taoiseach the reason he agreed a text at the conclusion of the most recent EU Council meeting which states that Ireland’s debts will be sustainable without an interest rate cut; if he will further indicate his acceptance of the fact that this represents a reversal of the position adopted by the last Government and by his Government during March; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if a Primary Medical Certificate will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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154 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he will ask the military authorities to desist from carrying out late night military manoeuvres at Magee Barracks, Kildare Town, close to residential areas or without prior consultation with affected local residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will advise of the status of a CAAS application by an organisation (details supplied) in County Kildare for a community based residential unit for six intellectually disabled clients; when he first received notification from Kildare County Council of this proposed development; if the development was recommended for approval by Kildare County Council; if any issues were raised by him or by Kildare County Council regarding the delivery of this project; the correspondence if any that issued from him relating to this project; the outcome of any meetings held with his officials in relation to this development; if he will now issue approval for the project to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the contact he has had with a school (details supplied) in County Kildare regarding staffing levels; the way he will honour commitments made in relation to staffing levels prior to the amalgamation of the three schools involved; the number of teachers that have taken the option of early retirement arising from the amalgamation; the number of teachers transferring into the new school; the number of new positions that have or will be advertised for the new school; if additional teaching posts have been requested to facilitate the development of the new school; the way he has responded to any such request; 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 his views on the human rights situation in Nepal; if he has had, or will have, discussions with his European counterparts on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider the position of workers at a plant (details supplied); if she will ensure that these workers will re qualify for jobseeker’s benefit, in view of the circumstances which prevail at the plant where lay offs were for five weeks in 2008, 11 weeks in 2009, 22 weeks in 2010 and 13 weeks, to date, in 2011; if she will further explain the reason the workers and management at the plant have been unable to secure a meeting with senior Social Protection personnel to discuss their situation, despite having sought this meeting over a period of six months; if she will direct senior personnel in her Department to meet with the interested parties; and if she 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 the contacts that he has had with the Israeli authorities and the engagement he has been involved in with his European counterparts with regards to the humanitarian aid flotilla journeying to Gaza; 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 concerns about civil unrest in Nepal; if the position and safety of Irish citizens there is being monitored by the Irish Embassy in New Delhi; if the Nepalese situation has been discussed by him with his European counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if farmers in disadvantaged areas will receive the full payment for this year in September under the disadvantaged area scheme.
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32 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made to date in bringing about an EU wide milk quota system instead of a national quota.
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464 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will approve a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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463 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will approve a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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249 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal an application for carer’s 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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231 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite an application for long-term residency 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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48 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail the contacts he has had with the US Secretary of State Ms Hillary Clinton and UK Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Mr Owen Patterson MP, regarding the appointment of a successor to Mr. Declan Kelly as US economic envoy to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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177 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will approve an application for a home care package in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will approve an application for rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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