18 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will publish the proposed animal welfare Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he intends to change the regulatory model for setting the price of domestic household electricity in order to allow the ESB to compete on price; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the changes he is considering to reduce the cost of providing local government services and administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the latest revenue income and expenditure for Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will honour the commitment made to allow employers to offset against tax a redundancy scheme refund that have not been paid by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons claiming rent supplement for more than 18 months; her views on the slow transfer of persons from rent supplement onto the rental accommodation scheme; the efforts she has taken to address this problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions that have taken place between her and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food following the closure of the REP scheme four; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of non-Irish citizens in prison here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the evidence or the comparisons of pay in the public sector and in the private sector; his plans to introduce an extended benchmarking exercise to determine the appropriate level of public service remuneration.
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18 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans regarding the reinstatement of the young farmers’ installation aid and early retirement programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons on a national, county and local social welfare office basis awaiting their application for the back to education allowance to be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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38 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has been in contact with the Secretary General of the United Nations over the Secretary General’s call for no further percentage reductions by Ireland of its overseas development aid allocation; if his officials have been in contact with the United Nations on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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73 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will outline the progress to date of the implementation of the speed camera programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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27 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress being made in relation to the development of the new national child detention centre at Lusk, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who have retired and the number who have been recruited since January 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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977 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding paid into the environment fund over the past five years; the way this funding has been paid back into local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline the progress to date in reducing the legal blood alcohol level to 0.5 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood; the introduction of compulsory testing of alcohol at road traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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51 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Finance his plans to make institutional changes in the arrangements for financial regulation; if he will publish an assessment of issues in advance of presenting proposals to Government; and if he will present the heads of any legislative Bill to the committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas which are investigating regulatory failure for early consideration of reform proposals.
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49 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made with regard to farm waste management inspections and payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a referendum Commission will be established on the Lisbon treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of price reduction consumers can expect from regulated gas prices in September 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all plastic bag levy receipts together with landfill levy receipts are paid into a ring fenced environment fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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17 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his position with respect to the issue of Armenia’s claim of genocide by Turkey in 1917; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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210 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps being taken to address the accommodation crisis at a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Transport the progress made to date in relation to resolving the issue of the application of penalty points to drivers from the UK and Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Transport the criteria for designating an accident black spot; if all accident black spots here are catalogued; the number of same; the person with whom responsibility for this lies; if there is a programme currently in place to deal with accident black spots specifically; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the areas of investment he is considering for unused CAP funds available in 2010; when he will make an announcement in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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439 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Education and Science if information on the way to access further and higher education courses as outlined in the supplementary budget 2007, annex F has been published (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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438 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Education and Science the names of the companies contracted to provide prefabricated buildings for use in schools here; the amount paid to each of these companies over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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354 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the locations of the storage facilities for the e-voting machines; the names of the owners of these storage facilities; the names of persons to whom rent was paid; the amount of rent paid to each since the e-voting machines were put into storage; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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442 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Education and Science the additional funding available to second level schools to facilitate students with dyslexia; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken to assist embassies abroad in their promotion of the economy here since 1 January 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress that has been made in respect of the introduction of a DNA database here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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17 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Transport if he will attempt to recover operational costs from the Russian Government incurred from the monitoring of the recent oil slick in Irish waters caused by Russian warships; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself that the Government road safety strategy and the Road Safety Authority are adequately resourced to meet set targets and Government objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to publish tax forecasts for 2009, 2010 and 2011 before the emergency budget.
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9 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he proposes to bring about change to the way in which domestic electricity is regulated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has read the Irish Sports Council’s commissioned review of Ireland’s Beijing Olympic performance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date on integrating the corporate services of the Equality Authority and the Irish Human Rights Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the National Consumer Agency price survey which showed a 50% differential in retail prices between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland; her further views on whether this is fair to retailers here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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55 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Transport his views on new guidelines for road works inspection; if he is satisfied that inspection of roads for safety purposes is adequate; his Department’s role in providing the budget for road safety improvement measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the possibility of Turkey joining the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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65 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Transport the reason half the number of business customers who, as reported in the organisation review programme carried out on his Department, made a complaint to his Department in late 2005 and early 2006 have not had their complaint resolved; the nature of those complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Transport the funding he has provided to local authorities for the provision of gritting; if he has been in contact with local authorities in 2008 regarding gritting; if so, when; if he is satisfied that all the stakeholders who are responsible for ensuring safe driving conditions during the winter months have acted appropriately; if he has communicated warnings to any of the stakeholders in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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256 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Transport the regulations for the gritting of roads here; the breakdown of financing to local authorities to fund gritting; if he has expressed concerns over the lack of gritting on primary routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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249 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Transport the conditions attached to local government fund payments for the provision of road gritting; if figures are available for the amount paid to each road authority for the provision of gritting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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411 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Education and Science the stage in the planning process a school (details supplied) in County Meath is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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498 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of people employed either full-time or part-time in forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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497 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the annual return to the State from the forestry portfolio; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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496 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the market value of the forestry portfolio; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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