216 Mr. Ó Fearghail asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the desirability of achieving an affordable rate of 20,000 hectares per annum; the strategies she will employ to achieve this target; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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383 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received a proposal from Kildare County Council to provide a sewerage scheme for the village of Milltown; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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382 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received proposals for an extension to the Athy sewerage treatment plant; if he will approve the proposal; and the likely timescale that he envisages for completion of the project.
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381 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received a preliminary report from Kildare County Council on the proposed Moone-Timolin-Balitore sewerage scheme; if he will approve this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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380 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of Kildare County Council’s proposal for a new sewerage treatment system for Rathangan; if his Department has approved the preliminary report on the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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295 Mr. Ó Fearghail asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is currently a huge disparity between the levels of provision at county council level for disabled persons and essential repairs grants; if he will encourage local authorities that are making inadequate provision to meet their locally identified need; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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294 Mr. Ó Fearghail asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has completed its review of the disabled persons grant scheme and the essential repairs grant scheme; if it is envisaged that these schemes will be 100% funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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269 Mr. Ó Fearghail asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools that provide a breakfast club for their students; and if her Department has considered the introduction of a universal meal system.
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591 Mr. Ó Fearghail asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has given consideration to the possibility of using geothermal heating systems in the local authority housing programme.
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583 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of Kildare County Council’s proposed upgrade of the Kildare town sewerage treatment plant; the likely costs involved; and the timescale for delivery of the necessary works.
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555 Mr. Ó Fearghail asked the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to undertake an initiative to encourage the entry of more males into the primary teaching profession.
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554 Mr. Ó Fearghail asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has satisfied herself with the progress made to date in the implementation in the weighted system for special educational needs pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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527 Mr. Ó Fearghail asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has received proposals from the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the nature of these proposals; and the likely timescale for the delivery of the necessary school extension.
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526 Mr. Ó Fearghail asked the Minister for Education and Science the status of her plans to extend a school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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525 Mr. Ó Fearghail asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been achieved in the amalgamation of the three post-primary schools in Kildare town; if a suitable site for the new community school has been acquired; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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524 Mr. Ó Fearghail asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been achieved to date in acquiring a site for a proposed school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
[25247/04]
372 Mr. Ó Fearghail asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the status of Kildare County Council’s proposal for a new swimming pool for Athy, County Kildare; the likely timescale for the delivery of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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557 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the situation that exists at the former Sundai School, Green Road, Newbridge, County Kildare with a view to making the vacant buildings there available to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare thereby facilitating the establishment of an Irish language campus, incorporating this school on lands owned by his Department.
[22453/04]
199 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will provide a school bus service for persons (details supplied) in County Kildare.
[20681/04]
402 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received submissions from Kildare County Council in regard to the provision of a new sewerage treatment system for Rathangan, County Kildare; if his Department proposes to fund this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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164 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Science if his Department proposes to use the public private partnership process in the delivering of new school buildings in County Kildare.
[19015/04]
163 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been achieved in the proposed amalgamation of the three existing post-primary schools in Kildare town; and if a site was acquired for a new community school.
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161 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps his Department intends to take to deal with overcrowding in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in which enrolment continues to rise; and when the proposed extension to the school will be allowed to proceed.
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125 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food his views on the number of broad leaf deciduous trees being planted in the country; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that just 4% of Coillte stock falls into this category; if his Department has a strategy to promote the planting of such stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[19508/04]
265 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an extra mainstream teacher for September 2004 under the teacher support pilot scheme.
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153 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Science if a third level grant will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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207 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Science his Department’s plans for a new secondary school for Monasterevin in view of the extensive damage done to St. Paul’s secondary school in two very serious incidents; and if it is envisaged that a school could be delivered by way of a public private partnership.
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170 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the recommendation of the Task Force on Autism, his Department will sanction the establishment of an inclusion class at Scoil Mhicil Naofa, Athy, County Kildare (details supplied).
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169 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will acknowledge that an accommodation crisis exists at primary school level at Newbridge, County Kildare; if his attention has been drawn to the designation of Newbridge as a primary growth centre within the strategic planning guidelines for the greater Dublin area and if a strategy exists within his Department to meet the inevitable high level of demand, not least in local Catholic schools.
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168 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has received an application for urgently required mechanical and electrical works at Scoil Bhríde Naofa, Kildare town; when such works might be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he will renew the lease between his Department and the Athgarvan Football Club, The Curragh, County Kildare.
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104 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has satisfied himself with the number of students currently pursuing science and IT courses at second and third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of students currently participating in transition year programmes; if he has satisfied himself with the type of programme on offer throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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245 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Science if it is the intention of his Department to cap the number of participants in PLC programmes for 2004-2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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244 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of students participating in PLC courses in County Kildare in the academic year 2003/2004.
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230 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Science if a remote area boarding grant for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare wishing to attend a school (details supplied), will be approved in view of the fact that this person cannot readily access a school (details supplied) in County Dublin, due to the fact that their home is 20 miles away and not on a direct bus route.
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229 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in progressing the provision of a new primary school at Nurney, County Kildare, he will have regard to the fact that €130,000 was raised locally for the purchase of a site; and if he will accordingly waive the need for further local financial contribution.
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494 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has plans to grand aid a new sewerage treatment system for Rathangan, County Kildare.
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493 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide details of the submissions that his Department has received from Kildare County Council, regarding the proposed upgrade of the Kildare town sewerage treatment plant.
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303 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has prioritised the amalgamation of the three post-primary schools in Kildare town; and if it is intended to purchase a site for a new community school in the town.
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224 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, retiring from dairying on health grounds may assign part or all of their milk quota to a portion of land that they propose to sell.
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492 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received submissions from Kildare County Council with regard to the provision of a transient Traveller halting site in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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319 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the serious overcrowding that exists in Ard Scoil Rath Iomgain, Rathangan; the length of time that a school extension has been in planning; and if he will provide funding in 2004 to allow the project proceed.
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318 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will appoint an inspector with responsibility for schools in Athy, County Kildare, and its hinterland.
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294 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Finance the reasons tax relief may not be availed of in instances where the lessee of land for farming is related to the landowner.
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289 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the success to date of the training that his Department has offered to meat plant operatives in carcase classification; the uptake of this training; and when his Department's officials will have fully withdrawn from the grading process.
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268 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the details of all instances in which his Department has provided for local community gain, following the closure and sale of Army barracks, including the nature and extent of that gain.
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