77 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the terms and conditions attached to the funding announced by him on 22 November 2004 for the horseracing industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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531 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve the application from Fingal County Council for the provision of a new library in Balbriggan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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530 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve the application from Fingal County Council to proceed with the provision of library facilities in Skerries, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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529 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve the application from Fingal County Council for the provision of a new library in Rush, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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422 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí deployed in Garda stations (details supplied) for each year from 2000 to 2004.
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84 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there will be a buy-out of salmon drift net licences during the lifetime of the Government; if he has met the National Salmon Commission recently to discuss the matter; the nature and content of such discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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73 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the efforts he has made to resolve the dispute between unions and management at An Post; if failure to resolve this dispute will result in serious disruption to the country’s postal service during the Christmas 2004 period.
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294 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he received a copy of the draft development plan from Fingal County Council (details supplied) and if so, will he make a copy of the plan available to the Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas elected within the jurisdiction of Fingal County Council.
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73 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of unqualified teachers teaching in schools here; her proposals to remedy this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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19 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on recent statistics which show that boys are much more likely than girls to give up their secondary school education to take up a job; if she will increase funding for school retention initiatives; the amount allocated to school retention initiatives in primary and secondary schools in 2003 and 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts he has made to support better dialogue with Indonesia in order to promote the aspiration of the people of West Papua for independence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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20 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the preparations he is making for a referendum on the treaty establishing a constitution for Europe; when this referendum is likely to take place; if there will be a concerted effort to provide information to the public concerning the details of the constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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342 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason an area based payment was not granted to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary.
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341 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason beef premium and suckler payments were not made to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary for the years 2002, 2003 and 2004.
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124 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the number of special savings investment accounts opened at the latest date for which figures are available; the average amount of savings per investor per month; on the basis of such figures, the definitive figure for the likely cost to the Exchequer of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if he has carried out an assessment of the likely economic impact here of the corporate tax amnesty signed into law by the US President, Mr. George Bush, which may mean that profits generated here by US firms may now be returned to the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to any other recent mislabelling of beef for export, apart from that referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 2 of 13 October 2004 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has yet received the report of the agri-vision 2015 committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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620 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if approval will be given to the application from Fingal County Council for a Traveller group housing scheme at Lissenhall, Swords, County Dublin and sanction for the necessary finance to complete the scheme as a matter of urgency.
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381 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the delay in potential employees obtaining Garda clearance to enable them to take up employment with various agencies dealing with children and young persons; the length of time it takes to receive such clearance; and the way in which he intends to resolve this matter.
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62 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Defence the number of claims for damages for deafness determined in court or settled out of court at the latest date for which figures are available; the amount paid out to date in damages or legal costs; the number of claims outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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251 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will respond to the application from the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin for additional teaching resources for children with high incidence special needs within the school.
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179 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a huge demand on an office (details supplied) of the Revenue Commissioners during the lunch time period which has resulted in persons queuing in all weathers on the pavement; and if this issue will be examined with a view to arranging for additional staff during this period.
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169 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if children in all of the schools on the north side of Dublin are receiving school booster vaccinations; and if she has satisfied herself that babies are being called for the nine month development check.
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168 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the state of the diabetic service in Beaumont Hospital; her views on whether the service is collapsing; if the necessary funding is available for diabetic shared care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work to date of the consumer consultative panel; if he has received the final report of the panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a statement on the annual report of the National Competitiveness Council which he launched on 14 October 2004.
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118 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the report on socioeconomic conditions in west Tallaght by the Tallaght west childhood development initiative; his views on the high incidence of social disadvantage highlighted therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he will honour the long held but as yet undelivered commitment to deliver a series of child benefit increases over a three year period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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102 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has addressed the apparent anomaly whereby communities that have met the criteria for inclusion in the RAPID programme were omitted from strand I due to their inclusion in the URBAN two programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the latest action he has taken with colleagues in Government to support the work of Comhairle na Tuaithe; if progress has been made on the development of a national countryside recreation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timetable for the proposed decentralisation of his Department to Kilkenny, New Ross, Waterford, and Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the sections or divisions of his Department which are to be decentralised to Kilkenny, New Ross, Waterford, and Wexford respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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120 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding his consideration of the recommendations of the legal advisory group on the defamation law, particularly in regard to the proposals for the establishment of a statutory press council; when he intends to bring proposals on this matter to Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date in the review of the witness protection programme; if he is considering additional measures to support witnesses who may be giving evidence in court cases involving serious charges, but who may not wish to enter the protection programme; the investigation that has been held into the circumstances in which a witness in a major gangland trial (details supplied) was able to evade their Garda minders and travel to London in which they are reported to have been subsequently threatened; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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198 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Transport the progress made with regard to the proposal to allow bus lanes on the hard shoulders of motorways; the precise timescale proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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140 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Transport if he has plans to introduce new toll routes to fund completion of motorways linking Dublin with Cork, Galway, and the M50 upgrade; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a breakdown, hospital by hospital, of the numbers of acute beds being inappropriately occupied due to the unavailability of non-acute hospital beds; and the way in which she proposes to provide proper care for our older people.
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147 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a waiting list of up to 12.5 years for public nursing beds in some regions of the greater Dublin area; and to indicate the way in which she proposes to deal with the problem.
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146 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the need for an independent inspectorate of nursing homes; and if so when does she propose to establish such a body.
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145 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the Nursing Home Act 1990 in respect of inspections of private nursing homes is being implemented; if the statutory requirement of two inspections per year is being met; and if not the reason therefor.
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144 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the powers available to the inspectors of nursing homes are adequate to guarantee health and safety of the residents, generally old people and the closure of nursing homes if deemed necessary.
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143 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the type of problems that are being identified in respect of the inspection of private nursing homes; the action that is being taken to address these problems; the number of court actions pending; and to give details of the nursing homes in question if any.
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142 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of public nursing homes and beds in the country; her views on whether there is a need for an inspectorate to be put in place on a statutory basis similar to the private sector; and if she will establish such an inspectorate.
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128 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which a reduction of 300,000 home help hours in 2003 compares with 2002 and the implementation of strategies increasing client contributions, reductions in hours provided and waiting lists throughout the country; and if she proposes to reassess the needs of older persons in this area.
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98 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date with regard to implementation of the recommendations of the Hanly report; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date with regard to the implementation of the recommendations of the Brennan report; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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387 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that a clerical officer, for example with An Post, is not eligible for employment in the same grade within the local authority system, not meeting existing leaving certificate education requirements, notwithstanding the fact that they have other education qualifications and skills, for instance in IT; and if he proposes to change the education regulations for entry into the local authorities.
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148 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that one fifth of primary school insurance claims are attributable to children falling, tripping or slipping in schools yards; if she is intent on continuing to ignore the spiralling costs of insurance in schools; if she has proposals to alleviate the high costs of insurance in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science her role in the establishment of the proposed new body to attract overseas students to study here; her views on the proposal to examine ways to increase the number of students in secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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