36 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the main features of the agreement with the UK for a North-South gas pipeline; if a route for the pipeline has been agreed; when construction is likely to commence; when it is likely to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the latest information available to his Department regarding the proposed development of the Corrib gas field; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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278 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science the status of a report (details supplied); and when she proposes to implement the recommendations of the report.
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164 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the recent TNS-MRBI opinion poll which found strong support among the public for State funding for the Abbey Theatre; if he will address the funding problems at the theatre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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541 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the much needed post-primary school for Donabate, County Dublin; when she will be in a position to make a decision on this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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503 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on her proposals to reinstate the original quota of one ex-quota counsellor to 250 in the post primary sector.
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445 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to the Northern Ireland conflict fund (remembrance fund) and commission in the context of a press release dated 16 June 2003.
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302 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the needs of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if this person’s requirements will be met as a matter of urgency.
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154 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the proposed timescale for the establishment of the proposed driver testing and standards authority; his views on the professional relationship that has been established over the past 14 years between his Department and the driving instruction register of Ireland in the interest of road safety and the need to ensure that the highest standards were imparted to learner drivers by driving instructors; and if he will accept and recommend the validity of the current RDI status within the new authority.
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30 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that all appropriate measures are being taken to stamp out tax evasion, having regard to the continuing number of settlements, some involving huge sums of money, being reported by the Revenue Commissioners each quarter; the policy of the Revenue Commissioners in regard to prosecutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the serious reduction in the number of random audits undertaken by the Revenue Commissioners, which fell from 720 in 2002 to 274 in 2003; if, in view of the finding of the Comptroller and Auditor General that the Revenue Commissioners failed to meet their targets for audits due to pressure of other work, he intends to provide additional staff or resources to allow the full complement of audits to be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the figures for the level of industrial employment at the latest date for which figures are available; the way in which these compare with those of the equivalent date in each of the previous five years; the steps being taken to counter the decline in industrial employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of new jobs announced during 2003 from new investments or expansion of IDA backed plants; the expected level of announcements during 2004; the steps being taken to promote job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the United Nations human development report published in July 2004 which shows that Ireland has the second highest level of poverty in the western world; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the finding in the Report of the Working Group of Illness and Disability Payment 2003 that the risk of an ill person or a person with a disability falling into consistent poverty is three times higher than that incurred by the rest of the population; if he has proposals to reduce this risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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389 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the situation at a centre (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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338 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the application for learning support staff (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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337 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the need for additional classrooms for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin in view of the current enrolment and the fact that this is a developing school; the position regarding this application; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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339 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the circumstances and rationale of the closure of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she 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 response he has received to the proposal made jointly with New Zealand, Peru and Chile to the International Atomic Energy Agency seeking detailed information for coastal states on shipments of nuclear waste on international seas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has sought and received assurances from his British counterparts that adequate procedures are in place to prevent the hijacking of an aeroplane in British airspace to crash into the Sellafield plant, in view of the serious consequences of such a development for citizens here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1352 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in an appeal in respect of unemployment payment for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; when this case will be dealt with.
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591 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003; the number of consultants engaged by his Department in those years; and the number of these consultants who were former staff from his Department and the amount paid to them.
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590 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the need for an additional teacher for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and when this appointment will be sanctioned.
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547 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if the appointment of a classroom assistant will be sanctioned for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if so, when the appointment will be sanctioned.
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240 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Health and Children if he intends to proceed with the provision of the long overdue two new complexes on the campus of a hospital (details supplied) in County Dublin to cater for persons with an intellectual disability who are residents in the hospital; and if so, when work will commence.
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168 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the delay experienced by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin in securing access to a training college to complete year two of their apprenticeship; and if a position will be made available for this person at an appropriate college for autumn 2004.
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167 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the unacceptable delay for a certain category of apprentices in securing access to training colleges as part of their apprenticeships; the reasons for same; and if the necessary additional courses will be provided in September 2004 to deal with this backlog.
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122 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the need for additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and the timescale for the provision of same.
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40 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to act on the recommendation of the Law Reform Commission that the DPP should be empowered to appeal unduly lenient sentences imposed by the District Court.
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39 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for amendments to the licensing laws; if it is intended to provide for the deregulation of small pub and liquor licences.
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123 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Transport the areas from which staff will be drawn, in regard to proposals to decentralise 200 Bus Éireann staff to Mitchelstown, County Cork, announced in the budget 2004 in view of the fact that there are only between 80 and 90 staff currently employed at the company’s head office in Dublin; and if he received a report from Bus Éireann warning of the serious implications for the company.
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102 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if his attention was drawn to the pressures being experienced by the mushroom industry here due to increased labour costs arising from the enlargement of the EU; and if he is aware of the threat posed to the industry, specifically regarding supply to the British market.
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156 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science his Department’s plans to combat educational disadvantage before children start school; the extent to which his Department plans to become formally involved in preparing children during pre-school years; his views on whether extending the early start programme in disadvantaged areas may be the best means of doing this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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154 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps he intends to take to address the considerable imbalance between male and female applicants for the primary teaching profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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276 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will report on the delay in orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and when treatment will commence.
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46 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if an estimate has been made by his Department of the direct and indirect subsidies provided by the State to a sea vessel (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the claim by the chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts, Deputy Perry, that these subsidies may have been worth up to €100 million; his views on this assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he intends to introduce measures to provide for the more effective control of jet skis in view of the clear danger these can pose to other water users; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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143 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the need to provide closed circuit television in Swords, County Dublin; the timescale for same; and when the people of Swords can expect this to be provided.
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126 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date by the group established by his Department to undertake a review of the nursing home subvention scheme; and when it is expected that the group will report.
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125 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the recent allocation of an additional prefab for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin which is totally inadequate in view of the fact that there was a need for three prefabs; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that as a result 20 children have been refused enrolment for September 2004; and if, in view of this information and the fact that families with school going children are buying houses in Balbriggan on a daily basis, he will sanction the necessary extra classrooms as part of the short-term solution in Balbriggan.
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47 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made by the working group on the development of a no-fault compensation system for birth-damaged children; when he expects the group to report; if he will seek to expedite the introduction of proposals in this area, having regard to the recent awards in the High Court and the increasing difficulties facing practitioners, especially obstetricians, in finding insurance cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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27 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Health and Children the outcome of his meeting on 27 May with relatives of patients of a doctor now struck off the medical register who engaged in providing light treatment to seriously ill cancer patients.
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3 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will report on the waiting lists for public nursing home beds given that it is alleged that in the Dublin area there is a waiting list of up to 12.5 years; if, in light of this situation, he will consider availing of the country’s vacant beds in private nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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32 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she will publish the results of her review of the 1987 Groceries Order that forbids below cost selling.
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10 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of public holidays enjoyed by workers here and the way in which this compares with the EU average; if she has plans to increase the number of public holidays; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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207 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of claimants of the deserted wife’s benefit either pre or post 1992 who are transferred from deserted wife’s benefit to the one parent family payment to facilitate at the time an eligibility to participation in community employment or job initiative schemes; her views on whether the claimants of deserted wife’s benefit should always have been entitled to the higher rate of deserted wife’s benefit payments during this period; if so, the way in which she proposes to rectify this situation with a view to assessing their claims for possible retrospective payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Defence when he expects the decentralisation of the Civil Defence School from Dublin to Roscrea to take place; if only ten of the 22 staff of the school have agreed to the transfer; the breakdown of these staff by grade; the steps that are being taken to recruit replacement staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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558 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that more and more applicants for affordable housing are above the income limit for local authorities and are unable to secure loans from financial institutions; and when the income thresholds for the schemes will be increased.
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