65 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will engage with the parents, local community and planning section of Dublin City Council to assess the educational needs of children currently attending a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8 and future needs in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs Ireland’s position in relation to the statement by the United States of America that it proposes to institute sanctions against the Government of Venezuela.
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127 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contact as he has had with the recently elected Government of Bolivia; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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236 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of people who are working in the offices of the Minister with responsibility for Children; the number who are assigned to the Minister’s private office; the number to his constituency office; the numbers of advisers and political appointments to the Minister’s office; the salaries and fees paid to such employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Finance his views on the implications for the economy of the expected increase in interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if his Department’s attention has been drawn to the fact that some foreign executives are restructuring their remuneration using options or preference shares to bypass the ending of the remittance system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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178 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the number, make and model of vehicles that have been afforded vehicle registration tax relief on environmental criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the decline in absolute costs of the provision in the estimates for postal services and telecommunications in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a demonstration took place on Friday 28 April 2006 outside the offices of the Health and Safety Authority to commemorate workers memorial day to draw attention to the unacceptably high level of people who were killed while at work here and abroad; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSA facilitated a commemoration and a minute’s silence and that ten fatalities have occurred to date in 2006 while 73 people died in 2005; the steps he proposes to take to ensure that the number of fatalities is reduced and where accidents happen there is a responsibility on all concerned to preserve the scene of the accident to facilitate a proper investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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142 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason she has not implemented her promise given to the Irish Haemophilia Society to introduce the necessary legislation to provide an insurance scheme for persons infected with HIV or Hepatitis C, through provision of contaminated blood or blood products by the State; if the heads of the Bill have come before the Government; and when the Bill will be published and brought to Dáil Éireann or Seanad Éireann for Second Stage debate.
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82 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the arrangements that have been made in regard to the commencement of the fieldwork for the second drug prevalence study; if expressions of interest from potential tenderers have been received; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made to date in his consideration of those recommendations of the NESF report on care for older people for which his Department has responsibility and in particular the recommendation of a broad based group to develop a national strategy for carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made with regard to his consideration of the recent report of the National Pensions Review; if it is intended to implement the recommendations contained in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will include the provision of radon remediation measures for homes as a qualifying type of work under essential repairs grants scheme and the housing aid for the elderly scheme.
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69 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects a final decision in relation to the UNCLOS case in view of the preliminary judgement in January 2006, and the legal team Ireland has working on the case at present.
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73 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Transport his views on the submission made by Dublin Bus requesting an extra 200 buses to serve existing and new routes and to meet demand from areas of rising population; when he intends to make a decision on this matter; the amount of funding set aside in 2006 for the purchase of new buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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77 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the provision of a dedicated cancer centre for the north Dublin catchment area; if Beaumont Hospital has been identified as the location for this centre; and if so, when she proposes to sanction and put in place the interim arrangements with the hospital.
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58 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he intends to take to deal with vandalism and anti-social behaviour which is causing problems in many communities with families harassed and property vandalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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33 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in the Garda investigation into the murder of Mr. Denis Donaldson in County Donegal on 4 April 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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154 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps that will be taken to ensure the quality of care will be properly monitored and audited in the private sector venture for elderly people in their homes, known as comfort keepers; the criteria whereby persons will be entitled to a level of support from home care packages that part fund this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on reports that the administration of repayments of money illegally deducted from patients in long-stay accommodation could cost up to €50 million and that further delays are expected due to these excessive fees being sought by outside consultants; the reasons for not utilising skills within the Civil Service to administer this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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25 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the development of the all-island energy market; the role renewable energy technologies will play in this integrated market; the way in which the two regulators will co-operate in a single market; his views on the establishment of a single all-island regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce hearing screening for all newborn babies; and if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the delay in introducing this screening is causing lifelong disadvantage to deaf children.
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98 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made by the working party on religious education comprised of Educate Together, her Department and the teacher education colleges; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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51 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if a recognised teaching qualification is a prerequisite to registration under section 31 of the Teaching Council Act 2001; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position with regard to the recent ceasefire called by ETA; the discussions he and his Department have held or plan to hold with Spanish officials over the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if expertise accrued in his Department in dealing with paramilitary organisations on this island will be offered to help the Spanish Government in potential upcoming negotiations with ETA; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants and other public servants who had been decentralised from Dublin to other locations by the original deadline for the completion of the plan of December 2006; his plans to review the scale or scope of the proposal in view of the poor response to the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the anticipated costs in terms of acquiring and equipping premises and other related costs at the latest date for which figures are available of the original decentralisation programme announced in budget 2004 and the slimmed down version announced in December 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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396 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of vehicles in the State car pool; the make, engine size and average age of the vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Defence the position in relation to the investigation into the allegations regarding the misappropriation of funds by two quartermasters; if he has received the military police report; the action that will be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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20 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if employees and their trade unions were consulted in the formulation by the Health and Safety Authority of guidelines for employers, employees and clients involved in the cash transit industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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767 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made in respect of the location for a new site (details supplied); and when site acquisition procedures will commence.
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459 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals to modify the pay-related social insurance system to enable class D contributions to be taken into account for a reduced old age pension.
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321 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the reason that a VAT rate of 21% applies to a magazine (details supplied) since 1 January 2006 when prior to this date it was zero rated.
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198 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the medical card does not cover full chiropody cost for older people; and if she proposes to address this issue.
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197 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to abolish payment of the 2% health levy by people over 65 years of age.
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123 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress that has been made to date with the emerging needs fund in the work of drugs task forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10803/06
65 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the North-South or British-Irish contacts there have been at ministerial or official level in relation to the Omagh bomb investigation in general and subject matter of the Nally report in particular; the position of the Government on the matter; if future such contacts are proposed or envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the group of single young men under the direct provision scheme who have recently been relocated to Bridgewater House, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, the resources which are available to integrate these single men, who cannot work, into a very small town; the research which has been done into the feasibility of this relocation; the person who was consulted; the person who was informed; the contact which was made with the local community into facilities available in the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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228 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status and stage of the draft public safety zone guidelines for Irish airports; and if and when there is to be a public consultation on the guidelines.
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32 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action the European Commission has taken over THORP and the B30 storage pond following his meeting with Andris Piebalgs and Franco Frattini on 31 January 2006; and the extent to which the Commission was misled over the THORP Plant.
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79 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has discussed the UK Energy Review, and its nuclear power implications, with any other fellow EU members; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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170 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be recalled for surgery at Beaumont Hospital; and if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this person was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm and was originally called to attend for surgery on 16 June 2005 to find no bed available and has heard nothing from the hospital since.
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106 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Transport the mechanisms in place for the assurance of quality in the national car test contract; the manner in which testing standards are supervised and monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Transport his response to the Dublin Bus submission of 20 January 2006 for funding for additional buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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251 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim has infilled part of Gulladoo Lake, County Leitrim built over what was part of the flood plain of the lake, erected walls and railings, erected private property-no trespassing signs thereby restricting entry for anglers, shooters and other recreational users right of access along the foreshore which was used by the public for generations; if the State own the lake and up to the high water mark; the action he proposes to take to ensure that the position is rectified and that access to the middle lake is restored to the public.
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65 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the award of the provisional tender for the construction of the national conference centre in Dublin; if he still expects a final decision on this issue later in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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475 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will respond to the application from a school (details supplied) in County Dublin for a replacement school and in the interim additional temporary accommodation; and the way in which she proposes to improve the pupil-teacher ratio for small schools such as in this case.
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