504 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps taken to advance to completion the provision of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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503 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress in relation to the extension for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; the cost of the extension; when he envisages this project will be completed; the time this project has taken to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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482 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Education and Science when the term of the limited duration six month framework agreement for construction consultants for schools projects published on e-Tenders in June 2008 will be concluded: when he will issue a new invitation to tender for these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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342 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the increase in the number of staff employed in social welfare offices to deal with a backlog due to the increase in the live register; the number of persons who are part of this backlog in Cork city and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people in Cork city and county who have received an offer of training from FÁS in the past three months under the national employment action plan; the number waiting in Cork City and county for an offer of this training; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the role of Coillte in afforestation and the production of bio-mass for energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made on securing a further memorandum of understanding with car manufacturers and charging infrastructure providers following the agreements with a company (details supplied) and the ESB to promote the rapid rollout of electric cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the €600 million cost of the east-west interconnector represents value for money in terms of construction and completion costs versus similar projects in other parts of Europe; if he is satisfied that the tendering process has ensured this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a grant support scheme for the upgrading of windows in homes in line with the objectives of the greener homes scheme and the home energy saving scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has completed an audit of all State owned broadband infrastructure; if he will publish the findings of such results; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will change the regulatory model for gas and electricity prices at a domestic household and small business level to facilitate direct price competition in a effort to bring prices down; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the discussions he has had with RTE in relation to funding difficulties over the past 12 months; the outcome of such discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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213 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding of the disability extension scheme will be made available to Cork City Council for local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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626 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in the past six months on a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and the progress he expects that will be made in the next six months.
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625 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in the past six months on a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and the progress that he expects will be made in the next six months.
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69 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 19 May 2009, the specific EUROSTAT publication she is referring to when she quoted that small and medium sized enterprises here pay 1% below the EU average for energy; the reference number or name of the EUROSTAT publication; the further breakdown of energy costs available for all businesses classified as small or medium sized; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on electronic tagging for sex offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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387 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he has put in place to ensure that a high quality of service remains for emergency calls in view of the fact that there has been a change in service providers.
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376 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to concerns by the European Commission regarding the storage of waste at Haulbowline Island, County Cork; his views on whether any measure must be taken by the Irish authorities to satisfy waste legislation under EU Directives 75/442/EEC, now codified as Directive 2006/12/EC, and Directive 91/659/EEC; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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375 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will publish the safety file on Haulbowline Island, County Cork on his Department’s website (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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374 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress of his report to Cabinet on the waste stored at Haulbowline Island, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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276 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in relation to the extension for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; the cost of the extension; when he envisages this project will be completed; the time this project has taken to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on whether delays and difficulties in processing REP scheme four applications will result in some applicants keen to participate in the scheme not being provided the opportunity to do so; if he will adopt a flexible approach in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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225 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of ongoing Article 228 EC legal proceedings against the Government in the environmental sector, and the Article 226 EC judgments of the European Court of Justice to which this Article 228 EC proceedings relate; and if, in respect of each case, he will confirm the stage Article 228 EC proceedings are at.
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172 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Health and Children if a centre (details supplied) in County Cork will receive funding for a community child care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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369 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of applicants who tendered for the contract to build the east-west interconnector with EirGrid; and if he will provide a list of these applicants.
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63 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has read the Drive to Zero electric car document published by the Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security; and if he will implement the recommendations of the report.
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62 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that energy price reductions for gas and electricity represent an appropriate price reduction in the context of international energy markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his view on the impact that a decision of a company (details supplied) not to proceed with commercial digital terrestrial television will have on the roll-out of both commercial and free to air DTT services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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491 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding for the disability extension scheme will be made available to Cork City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the hardship increasing the minimum contribution to the rent supplement by a recipient by a further €6 will cause; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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400 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the implication for digital terrestrial television and the expected introduction by RTE of free-to-air digital television service, will have on community channels in the foreseeable future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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390 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way the pull out of a company (details supplied) will affect the roll out of national digital terrestrial television; if the other original bidders are in a position to roll out DTT; if the target date is still viable for the switch off of the analogue television signal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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389 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the commitments of the ESB under the Government deal with a company (details supplied); the specific charging infrastructure that will be built by the ESB over the course of the next two years; the amount the electric car charging infrastructure will cost over the next two years; the way the ESB and Government will pay for this new infrastructure; the timescale for the construction and roll-out of a nationwide charging network; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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388 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will explain the deal signed with a company (details supplied) in relation to electric car roll-out; if he will publish the signed agreement; the content of the signed agreement; when he expects the mass roll-out of the electric cars here; the number of electric cars he estimates to be on Irish roads by 2011, 2015 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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383 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding for the disability extension scheme will be made available to Cork City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Finance if there are proposals to change the system of taxation of retirement lump sum payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people in Cork city and county who have received an offer of training from FÁS each month to date in 2009 under the national employment action plan; the number waiting in Cork City and County for an offer of this training; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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68 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Finance the payments by the EC to the State in each year from 1993 to date in 2009 including the proposed payments for 2009, with the breakdown of these payments into different categories and sectors.
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67 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Finance the gross expenditure by the State each year from 1993 to date in 2009 including the proposed expenditure for 2009.
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66 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Finance the contribution of payment made by the State to the European Community under the Community own resource provisions in each year from 1993 to date in 2009, including the proposed payment for 2009, with the breakdown of each element of the payment including CCT payment, VAT payment and GNI payment.
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85 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a decision from the European Commission with regard to the new health insurance levy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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27 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Finance if he is proposing to tax the sending and receiving of text messages; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on whether the interpretation of EU directives is posing a threat to the future of mussel fishing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the mobile broadband solution being adopted by the national broadband scheme will be capable of providing acceptable broadband speeds to deliver next generation broadband to rural parts of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to privatise or sell off State assets or State companies under the remit of his Department as a revenue raising measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the export tariff recently announced to facilitate the sale of electricity onto the grid from small domestically owned microgeneration is sufficient to kick start significant investment in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the mineral oil tax relief scheme II is adequate to develop an indigenous bio-fuel industry; if it will stimulate investment in Irish bio-fuel plants; his views on changes to this scheme or if he is considering changes for the next phase of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he plans to change the electricity price regulation structure here to allow the ESB to compete on price in the domestic household market; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding that has been set aside for the lower harbour sewerage scheme in Cork; the planned starting date for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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