31 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when will funding be released to rebuild the 25 units at an older persons’ dwellings site (details supplied) in County Monaghan; his views on whether this project is long promised and is an absolute need for the elderly and disabled who have been displaced from their home area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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682 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on the possibility of increasing the number of personnel involved in community type work through FÁS or any other structure in view of the fact that there is now almost 440,000 persons unemployed; her views on whether it would not only be in the interests of the participants to have the opportunity to work 19 to 20 hours per week but it would also improve the services available to the elderly, disabled and communities in general; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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561 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount an application by a company (details supplied) has cost to date; if he is satisfied with the way the company put forward their application; when they will be eligible to reapply; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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312 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Health and Children the capital cost of the new ambulance centre on the St. Davnet’s complex, Monaghan; the number of vehicles, and at what cost, were provided for the site and the number still there; the number of personnel and their status and if she is satisfied that the service is working; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funds, if any, that are available from the dormant accounts structures; if some of this funds will be used for cross-Border communities and the encouragement of peace building in the border areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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55 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of patrol cars the gardaí have bought or have been bought for them in each of the past five years; if he is satisfied that proper tendering facilities have been used; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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65 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gardaí who are being used for secretarial work that could be carried out by civilians; if he is satisfied that a genuine effort is being made to release the maximum number of gardaí to policing duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Transport the progress of the dual carriageway from Derry to Aughnacloy which was agreed with the Northern Ireland Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Finance if he will remove the travel tax as a gesture to the industry and to encourage more tourists to visit here in view of the problems encountered by airports and airlines; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Finance if there are consequences for any persons in leadership positions arising from the two bank inquiry reports that have been published.
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71 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the efforts that are being made to retain jobs in existing industries especially in the small indigenous factories; his views on whether some of the structures put in place to support employment are geared towards larger employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the specific efforts he, the Industrial Development Authority, or Enterprise Ireland have made to encourage or provide jobs in County Monaghan over the past five years; his views on whether it is unfair that so little effort has been made and the fact that there are fewer than 400 IDA related jobs in County Monaghan; his further views that County Monaghan, because of its location, suffered more as a result of the Northern Ireland troubles and deserves some degree of special attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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27 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the effort being made to ensure that persons are trained and skilled for the jobs available; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in the meat industry qualified boners still have to be brought in from abroad in spite of the fact that there are 450,000 unemployed persons here; if her further attention has been drawn to the fact that the same situation exists whereby persons are not trained for the skills and needs of the manufacturing industry when again personnel have to be brought in from abroad to fill the vacancies; if she will ensure that either colleges or FÁS provide the necessary training for these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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17 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when permission will be given to a school (details supplied) in County Monaghan to allow them to go ahead with restructuring and extension for the sake of health and safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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185 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of skilled workers available for many manufacturing industries such as food and engineering; the way she proposes to deal with this in view of the fact that the current structures have failed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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32 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that sufficient personnel are in place in the Border region in view if the recent information regarding dissident activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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448 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 27 April 2010, if he will justify the fact that some individuals cannot get broadband in the area or have to pay significant prices for a booster box; his views on whether it is fair that a national organisation should advise that the area is covered by broadband when the reality is only pockets of areas are covered by broadband, depending on which side of the hill that one lives on; his further views on whether in the current economic climate broadband is essential for people wherever they live to make contact with opportunities which will allow them to get income from employment in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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447 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he or his Department has examined the support structures that are available in other EU countries which allow farmers and other small businesses to generate electricity from farm waste and wind in a way that farmers here and small businesses cannot do; if he will ensure that the necessary changes are put in place to maximise alternative energy and ensure that intensive farming can be retained from a nitrate directive point of view; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress that has been made between the banks and those representing pig farmers in particular; his views on whether many of these farmers are continuing under severe pressure for working capital and every day living; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress that is being made on the REP scheme payments especially in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of payments that are still outstanding; when these outstanding files will be dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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210 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that significant supplies of plastic film used for the wrapping of baled silage are being sold from Northern Ireland with no VAT being charged on this product; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that legitimate farm suppliers have to charge a levy towards the recycling of the used plastic yet those who buy from the unauthorised sales persons have their used plastic collected without a problem; the amount of tax and levies that have been lost in this process over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Finance the reason there are two different rates of VAT regarding the breeding of horses; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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102 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 12 May 2010, the location of the 71 Industrial Development Authority supplied companies; the number that each company employs; if he is satisfied that the communities named in the question have received their fair share; if not, if he will ensure that genuine efforts are made to realise the need of these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of mortgage interest supplement; the cost of same; if he will arrange for the collection of figures on the number of persons who apply for the mortgage interest supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make representations to the airlines serving the UK market to accept driving licences or other means of identity instead of a passport in view of the ongoing work to rule at the passport office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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20 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress being made with the political system in Washington DC regarding an amnesty for the many undocumented Irish in the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the meetings she has had or plans to have with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment from the Northern Ireland Assembly in relation to tourism; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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484 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the tonnage of meat that has been imported in each of the past four years on a category basis that is beef, chicken and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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481 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of biomass plants in operation here; the amount of energy they supply; if he is satisfied that sufficient support is available to encourage such operations in view of the situation in Germany and in other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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476 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider providing grant aid towards solar energy for first time buyers or young persons building their own homes; his views on the fact that current arrangements are unfair to such groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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447 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be made available for the reconstruction of the old people’s dwellings (details supplied) at Cloughvalley, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan; his views on whether it is unfair that some of the original residents of this housing area have been moved to completely different areas in Carrickmacross, some even in rented accommodation and all away from their own home surroundings; his further views on whether the empty houses in Cloughvalley are a health hazard and an accident waiting to happen for young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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415 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to change the time from 12 months to six months waiting for persons who want to avail of the back-to-education allowance in view of the fact that there are 433,000 unemployed; his views on the fact that it is more realistic and for the long-term benefit of young persons to get their benefits through back to education allowance rather that through jobseeker’s benefit in view of the fact that it would be a transfer of funds from one section to another; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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379 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress that has been made on the reopening of the Ulster Canal as already agreed from Belturbet to Clones; if he will indicate when same will go to contract or when he expects work to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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195 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Finance his plans to assist those companies with borrowings of less than €5 million that do not come under the National Asset Management Agency structures; his views on the fact that many of these are equally as important for the retention of jobs as those who have already been facilitated through NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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145 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of companies in counties Cavan and Monaghan that have applied to date for assistance under the €100 million stabilisation fund; the number of applications accepted; the amount per county awarded to date; if he will have sufficient funds to cover the applications received or the €22 million cut in this fund will affect the benefits that were originally expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Health and Children when the newly supplied CAT scan at Monaghan Hospital will be put in use; if she is satisfied that personnel will be made available on an ongoing basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans, in conjunction with the Health Service Executive, to purchase or lease any further property in Cootehill, County Cavan for the care of the elderly, either on a day service basis or long-term involvement; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the steps he will take to ensure that inward investment will be provided for the Border counties such as Donegal, Leitrim, Cavan and Monaghan which have received no such investment since the Good Friday Agreement was signed; his views on whether these areas suffered significantly as a result of the previous 30 years of the Troubles and that they have suffered from a lack of high-quality employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the decision regarding the abolition of the supply panel in view of the fact that this panel has been beneficial to the schools in which it operates over the past ten years such as at a school (details supplied) in County Monaghan; her views on the fact that there is no potential saving in ceasing this scheme in view of the fact that other teachers will have to be found when needed and the system will not be efficient; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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17 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the situation regarding the funding of Protestant schools, particularly in the Border area in view of the fact that much of this support has been removed; if she will assure this Deputy that consideration will be given to this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of REP scheme payments that are still outstanding in counties Cavan and Monaghan; when he hopes to have such payments finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Finance his views on the situation regarding VAT refunds on wind turbines for use at farm or other levels in view of the fact that VAT is refunded on any other form of fixed equipment; his further views on whether everything possible to encourage such alternatives electricity provision is working; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether a farmer who puts up a wind turbine to supply power to their own farm and surplus to the grid should be able to claim back VAT refund on that permanent structure the same as on any other permanent structure they build on the farm; if he will ensure that this anomaly is sorted out; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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333 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be available in an area (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the situation regarding VAT refunds on wind turbines for use at farm or other levels in view of the fact that VAT is refunded on any other form of fixed equipment; his views on the fact that every encouragement should be given to those seeking such an alternative electricity provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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199 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the anomaly in which a person working in a job is not allowed to claim any credits or support for their partner although when they looked for jobseeker’s allowance they were refused due to their partner’s income; his plans to deal with this anomaly; his views on whether it is not fair that their partnership should be used against them in one situation but no credit given in the other; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the processing time it takes for a claim in respect of jobseeker’s allowance to be dealt with to date in 2010
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78 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the processing time it takes for a claim in respect of jobseeker’s benefit to be dealt with to date in 2010
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