621 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will report on the outcome of his recent meetings with Patient Focus regarding the inquiry into the practice of a person (details supplied); if he proposes to facilitate a public inquiry; the way in which he intends to deal with the persons who were violated prior to 1986; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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325 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on how he proposes to meet the special education requirements of a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are six children on the waiting list for special education at the school; and will he approve an additional class for September 2004 for the children involved as they have been assessed as severely dyslexic.
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142 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent of consultations between his Department and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government prior to the publication of the Government’s guidelines for planning authorities on sustainable rural housing; his views on whether the proposals jeopardise good development practice in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will report on the waiting lists for public nursing home beds in view of the fact that it is alleged that in the Dublin area there is a waiting list of up to 12.5 years; if, in view 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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29 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Health and Children when it is expected that the new five-storey facility at James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Blanchardstown, which cost more than €96 million to construct and equip, will be brought into service; the steps being taken to ensure that the facility is commissioned without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he intends to bring proposals to Government to establish TG4 as an independent statutory entity; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the total amount paid to the Exchequer in respect of the sale of a refinery (details supplied) and the Bantry storage terminal; the amount of the balance that remains outstanding; when he expects that this will be paid; and if he has satisfied himself the rate of payments.
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25 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on his participation in and the outcome of the General Affairs Council in Brussels on 22 and 23 March 2004.
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22 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government’s view of recent developments in Haiti and the ousting of President Aristide; if the Government has recognised the new regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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190 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the financial crisis being faced by the State’s universities due to the series of Government funding cutbacks to third level education; if he has plans to reverse the cutbacks he has introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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181 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to recent comments by the chief executive of Educate Together that young male suicide and high levels of young men’s alienation from society should be addressed in the second level school system; his plans to introduce awareness of these issues into the education system in general; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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102 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the unacceptable delay in providing resource tuition for a person at a school (details supplied); when he proposes to implement the recommended assessment of this person on 7 July 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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65 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if the investigation being carried out on behalf of his Department into the circumstances in which contracts worth more than €800,000 were awarded by the Office of Pubic Works to a company whose managing director was a business associate of an OPW official has been concluded; the main findings of the investigation; if it is intended to publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the number of special savings incentive scheme accounts opened at the latest date for which figures are available; the average amount of savings per investor per month; if, on the basis of such figures, his Department can give a definite figure for the likely cost to the Exchequer of the special savings incentive scheme; 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 it is intended to implement the commitment given in An Agreed Programme for Government to remove the requirement whereby a person reaching 65 years must first retire for a period before being able to work and retain a portion of their pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when it is intended to implement the commitment given in An Agreed Programme for Government to establish a group to report on options for lower income groups to ensure that they can have an earnings related pension when they retire; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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291 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Health and Children if his Department can assist with the provision of speech therapy to a person (details supplied) in County Clare.
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175 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the levels of disbursement for RAPID, CLÁR and the drug task force areas that are being ring-fenced in respect of his estimates for 2004; the way in which these amounts compare with 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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120 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the implementation of the Unclaimed Life Assurance Policies Act 2003; the estimated amount of money likely to be transferred to funds from unclaimed life assurance policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Transport the way he proposes to implement the recommendations of the European Parliament Committee on Petitions which state that the Government has a moral and political responsibility to provide a proper redress to the serious plight of the pre-deregulation taxi families.
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106 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will report on the circumstances whereby people employed as residential child care workers within the Northern Area Health Board are not in receipt of the scale of pay as outlined on his Department’s website for child care workers.
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65 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to introduce regulations or controls to limit the noise pollution and nuisance effect of house alarms which are allowed to ring continuously and which can cause great annoyance and distress to other householders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position with regard to the promised regulations concerning end-of-life vehicles; when the regulations will come into operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Health and Children when he expects to receive the report of the independent review into the circumstances of the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Transport his priorities for the remainder of the Irish Presidency of the European Union; the events that have been arranged by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Transport the measures he has taken in regard to his announcement of December 2002 of his intention to deal with the problem of the large number of provisional drivers on roads here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the urgent need to provide one-to-one 24 hour care at home for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin with properly trained carers to facilitate all their needs regarding disability and chronic illness.
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128 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Health and Children the position following requests by the family of a person (details supplied) that they be moved to another hospital, as soon as possible.
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94 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Government is considering proposals to withdraw the constitutional right of citizenship to all those born on this island; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for asylum received during 2002, 2003 and to date in 2004; the number of applications upheld by the Refugee Appeals Commission; the number of appeals submitted to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal and the number of such appeals upheld; the number of applications for leave to remain and the number of such applications granted; the number of deportation orders made and the number of such deportations carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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246 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in 2002 or other years, he approved grants under the community support for older people to a company (details supplied) for the replacement of equipment previously supplied by another company (details supplied) and grant aided by her Department; and, if so, the details of the scheme and the grant given.
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193 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will report on the provision of a transplant unit at the Mater Hospital, Dublin 7; when it will open; and if it is intended to extend or alter the search for donors.
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141 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the way in which the Government intends to develop the Abbotstown venue now that it is not to be the venue of the new national stadium; the precise facilities he wishes to establish at the Abbotstown site; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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517 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on the status of the application submit from Glasnevin North Active Retirement Association for approval under the 2003 CSOP scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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516 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the list of the groups, including addresses and number of persons who applied for approval under the 2003 CSOP scheme and who were unsuccessful.
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515 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has satisfied himself with the operation of the scheme of community supports for older people with reference to the service being provided to the elderly; the details of the tendering process; if he is getting value for money; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is alleged that at least one commercial group is using community based organisations as a cover to break the guidelines of the scheme with a view to becoming the dominant supplier or installer for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will issue new policy directives to ComReg following ComReg’s recent review of the mobile phone market, which discovered that the market here has one of the highest concentrations in the EU and that both leading operators have significant market power; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has further plans to give enhanced regulatory powers to ComReg in regard to television retail distribution networks and cable companies following ongoing complaints regarding service and price increases in that retail market; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science that progress which has been made to date with regard to implementing the recommendations made in the report, Supporting Equity in Higher Education; the progress which has been made with regard to the introduction of a unified grants scheme and a more coherent administration system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of second level schools which have established student councils in accordance with the terms of the Education Act 1998; the steps being taken to encourage other schools to establish such councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of meat and bonemeal currently awaiting disposal; the estimated cost of disposing of this waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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336 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the need for a new four teacher school for St. George's Church of Ireland national school in Balbriggan, County Dublin; and if, in view of the projected enrolment numbers in this rapidly expanding population, the needs of the school will be met as a matter of urgency.
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307 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the decision to discontinue the subvention to the French Teachers' Association in Fingal towards inservice courses in August 2004, given that such courses have always been well attended and have been found to be most beneficial to the teachers involved.
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306 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will review his decision to discontinue the subvention towards reasonable expenses incurred by course organisers in providing inservice courses for personnel working in primary and post-primary schools.
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335 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if the submission from CABAS, south Dublin, for a school to cater for children with autism will be expedited; and the timescale for the provision of same.
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164 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the progress of his consideration of the report commissioned from a company (details supplied) into a number of issues arising from the proposed city centre to Dublin airport metro; the reason his Department commissioned this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons, companies and trusts being investigated by the Revenue Commissioners arising from the clerical medical insurance-NIB inquiry at the latest date for which figures are available; the number of cases in which settlements have been agreed and the total amount paid to date; the number of cases still outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí of all ranks involved in community policing in Balbriggan Garda station, County Dublin, in respect of the years 1997 to 2003, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to concerns expressed that the €6 increase in child benefit per month announced in the December 2003 budget is insufficient and that, if the Government were to honour its three year commitment to increase children's allowance, it would have had to increase the benefit to €24 per month; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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