202 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will re-examine the administration of the block grant by the State Examinations Commission; if the grant for all children attending a minority faith school, regardless of the child’s faith, is paid to the SEC; if this is the case, to then determine the reason majority faith families are excluded from applying for a grant to the SEC; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount the State has paid out in redundancy to the public sector under the Croke Park Agreement during its implementation; if he will clarify whether or not this period coincides with the recent announcement regarding savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Taoiseach the amount the State has paid out in redundancy to the public sector under the Croke Park Agreement during its implementation; if he will clarify whether or not this period coincides with the recent announcement regarding savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the costs involved in the upkeep and maintenance of Farmleigh House, Dublin; the construction work that has been carried out on the building within the past 12 months; the costs of this construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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453 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his view on whether the recent Enniskerry, County Wicklow, right of way ruling sets such a high standard of proof for establishing the existence of a public right of way that it effectively abolished nearly all walking routes which would have been considered rights of way up to now; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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452 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to introduce legislation to provide a clear definition of the proof needed to establish a public right of way; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Health if he will sanction the use of the drug, Ipilimumab, through the Health Service Executive, based on its success rate in treating Melanoma; his justification for not sanctioning it in view of its ability to potentially save the lives of Melanoma sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding the case of a company (details supplied) vs Ireland, the reason Ireland has not appointed a national coordinator as recommended by Rec(2008)2 of 6 February 2008; the action he is taking to erasing the consequences to the company of the breach of the convention; and the action he is taking regarding restitutio in integrum.
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131 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding the case of a company (details supplied) vs Ireland, the mechanism or procedure he intends to implement to have the case re-opened in the Supreme Court; if he or any of his officials intends to meet with the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 596 the action he intends to take to prevent increased instances of identity theft, in view of a case involving the identities of deceased Irish children being used by fraudsters to make illegal insurance claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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301 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the original budget for the Patents Office Ptolemy computer system upon its purchase; the amount it has cost to date, including and excluding new feature requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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237 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will revise the decision to delay extension works on a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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236 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Education and Skills whether HETAC is or will be taking new applications before the merger of HETAC, FETAC into the new National Qualifications Authority of Ireland; when this merger is expected to happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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596 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the plans, if any, he has in order to prevent individuals accessing and using the passports and identities of the deceased in order to facilitate various types of fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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522 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the proposed restructuring of the waste market is designed to ensure the viability of one waste facility, namely the proposed waste to energy plant at Poolbeg, Dublin; his views on whether the contractual arrangements entered into between the parties to this plant could undermine the waste sector by giving one facility a competitive advantage over others; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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521 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has estimated the number of waste companies that would close as a result of the restructuring of the waste market, currently under consideration by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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520 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has conducted any estimate of the costs associated with the proposed restructuring of the waste market; in particular, if the cost of transferring to a tendering system for waste contracts has been estimated; if the potential increase in costs to consumers has been quantified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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519 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered the findings of an economic report which examined the proposed restructuring of the waste market; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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518 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will be made in respect of the restructuring of the waste market as proposed by him; if he has had any discussions with the Competition Authority in respect of the proposed change; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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318 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his position on the upholding of Labour Court recommendations, in relation to a specific case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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233 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of total annual revenue from taxation that comes from salary tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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207 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Finance in relation to the European Central Bank corresponding central bank model and procedures within the Euro system with respect to collaterisation, the legal instrument used by all Eurozone Central Banks in respect of non-marketable securities include the use of pledge and assignment and the fact that the Central Bank of Ireland is the only regulator in the Eurozone or in the UK, Sweden or Denmark, which has taken floating charges as security for liabilities arising, the reason for this disparity of treatment applied by the Central Bank here in comparison to banks regulated by other central banks in the Eurozone; if he will advise the value of current exposures that are secured by the floating charges registered against banks under the supervision of the Central Bank of Ireland; if he will provide a statement detailing the exposures of the Central Bank of Ireland to Irish banks when these floating charges were initially created in 2008.
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1233 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Health the reason the Irish Medicines Board has refused a designation to switch the drug Fluconazole from prescription to over the counter while under pharmacy supervision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1184 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Health the reason a small pharmaceutical company (details supplied) in Dublin 14 was refused an application to the Irish Medicines Board to approve a switch from prescription only medicine to over the counter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1165 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding talks with Russia on a bilateral adoption agreement; the stage of these negotiations; her plans for the negotiations; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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731 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider having English language training promoted by Enterprise Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount being spent by Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland on the promotion of the English language training sector and of the golfing sector, respectively, each year for the past three years and the revenue generated by these sectors each year.
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12 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm, further to Parliamentary Question No. 123, that the EBA peer review team was aware of and approved all amendments to methodologies and changes to formulas applied by the Irish banks or the Central Bank of Ireland to the stress tests in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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612 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Health if he is reconsidering re-introducing the ban on below-cost selling of alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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611 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Health if he has considered the existing Central Mental Hospital site in Dublin as a location for the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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212 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take in the case of a school (details supplied) which has had various forms of funding and support cut.
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115 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all appointments to State boards made by him, including any appointments to the position of chairperson, shown separately; if the vacancies on the boards were publicly advertised; who out of any appointments made applied through the publically advertised process; and the prospective nominees that went before the Oireachtas committee for questioning.
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209 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all appointments to State boards made by him, including any appointments to the position of chairperson shown separately; if the vacancies on the boards were publicly advertised; who out of any appointments made applied through the publicly advertised process, and the prospective nominees that went before the Oireachtas committee for questioning.
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177 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all appointments to State boards made by him, including any appointments to the position of chairperson shown separately; if the vacancies on the boards were publicly advertised; who out of any appointees appointed applied through the publicly advertised process, and the prospective nominees that went before the Oireachtas committee for questioning.
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169 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a list of all appointments to State boards made by her, including any appointments to the position of chairperson shown separately; if the vacancies on the boards were publicly advertised; who out of any appointments made applied through the publicly advertised process, and the prospective nominees that went before the Oireachtas committee for questioning.
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165 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all appointments to State boards made by him, including any appointments to the position of chairperson shown separately; if the vacancies on the boards were publicly advertised; who out of any appointments made applied through the publicly advertised process, and the prospective nominees that went before the Oireachtas committee for questioning.
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164 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of all appointments to State boards made by him, including any appointments to the position of chairperson shown separately; if the vacancies on the boards were publicly advertised; who out of any appointments made applied through the publicly advertised process, and the prospective nominees that went before the Oireachtas committee for questioning.
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157 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of all appointments to State boards made by him, including any appointments to the position of chairperson shown separately; if the vacancies on the boards were publicly advertised; who out of any appointments made applied through the publicly advertised process, and the prospective nominees that went before the Oireachtas committee for questioning.
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131 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of all appointments to State boards made by him, including any appointments to the position of chairperson shown separately; if the vacancies on the boards were publicly advertised; who out of any appointments made applied through the publicly advertised process, and the prospective nominees who went before the Oireachtas committee for questioning.
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120 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of all appointments to State boards made by him, including any appointments to the position of chairperson shown separately; if the vacancies on the boards were publicly advertised; who out of any appointments made applied through the publicly advertised process, and the prospective nominees who went before the Oireachtas committee for questioning.
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118 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a list of all appointments to State boards made by him, including any appointments to the position of chairperson shown separately; if the vacancies on the boards were publicly advertised; who out of any appointments made applied through the publicly advertised process, and the prospective nominees who went before the Oireachtas committee for questioning.
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102 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of all appointments to State boards made by her, including any appointments to the position of chairperson shown separately; if the vacancies on the boards were publicly advertised; who from any appointments made applied through the publicly advertised process, and which prospective nominees went before the Oireachtas committee for questioning.
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91 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of all appointments to State boards made by him, including any appointments to the position of chairperson shown separately; if the vacancies on the boards were publicly advertised; who out of any appointments made applied through the publicly advertised process, and the prospective nominees that went before the Oireachtas committee for questioning.
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90 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all appointments to State boards made by him, including any appointments to the position of chairperson shown separately; if the vacancies on the boards were publicly advertised; who out of any appointments made applied through the publicly advertised process, and the prospective nominees that went before the Oireachtas committee for questioning.
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89 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of every new semi-State organisation set up since March 2011; if there is a sunset clause embedded in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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77 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all appointments to State boards made by him, including any appointments to the position of chairperson shown separately; if the vacancies on the boards were publicly advertised; who out of any appointments made applied through the publicly advertised process, and the prospective nominees that went before the Oireachtas committee for questioning.
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67 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all appointments to State boards made by him, including any appointments to the position of chairperson shown separately; if the vacancies on the boards were publicly advertised; who out of any appointments made applied through the publicly advertised process, and the prospective nominees that went before the Oireachtas committee for questioning.
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60 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of all appointments to State boards made by him, including any appointments to the position of chairperson shown separately; if the vacancies on the boards were publicly advertised; who out of any appointments made applied through the publicly advertised process, and the prospective nominees that went before the Oireachtas committee for questioning.
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600 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Bord Iascaigh Mhara is providing subsidised marine safety training to the commercial sector, thus putting the private training companies which are Government approved, at a disadvantage in view of the fact that they are unable to compete with Government subsidised training and jobs in the sector are being put at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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514 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons that were notified about payment of the NPPR charge in 2011; of those persons notified, the number that paid; the number that did not pay; the number that have paid including a penalty for late payment; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some persons are concerned about not having received any notification; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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