238 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health the reason behind the exclusion of end-stage renal failure from the list of illnesses entitled to a long-term illness medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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214 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to a drugs task force (details supplied), in tabular form, for 2011 and 2012; the person to whom this funding was paid; the way it was distributed; the way it was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will take into consideration the contribution made by homeowners through stamp duty when formulating the mechanism by which the property tax will be calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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68 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the mortgage interest relief scheme to those who purchased their first property in 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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194 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected travel expenses which will be paid to teachers shared between schools following the revisions to the general allocation model; the methodology employed to arrive at this projection; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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193 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total travel expenses paid to teachers shared between schools, in tabular form, for each of the years 2008 to 2012; the number of teachers who availed of such expenses; the average payment made per teacher; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance payments to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow were stopped without warning; if she will provide a detailed account of the reason this happened; the person who in her Department authorised the payments to cease; if she will direct the relevant officials in her Department to apologise to the person concerned for the needless anxiety this episode caused should she discover that officials in her Department made a mistake; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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496 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health the reason there is currently no drugs rehabilitation or counselling programme running at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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495 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health the addiction services available at a location (details supplied); if he will provide a breakdown by town; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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497 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health the current membership of a drugs task force (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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494 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to a drugs task force (details supplied), in tabular form, for each of the years 2008 to 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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451 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the review of the compatibility of legislation in Kazakhstan with Irish legislation regarding inter-country adoptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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411 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the lack of legal protection for the children of same-sex couples; and if he intends to legislate on this matter.
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279 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a refusal to grant domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if she will provide a timeframe for when this appeal will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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266 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Social Protection the eligibility criteria for the confirmation and communion grants; the dates on which this grant will issue for eligible persons in County Wicklow in view of confirmation and communion events being scheduled much earlier this year.
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254 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Social Protection the criteria by which a person is eligible to apply for rent allowance in a county they are not normally resident in but which they wish to reside in for a number of personal and family reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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243 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow against her decision to refuse disability allowance payments; if she will provide a clear timetable for when the outcome of this appeal can be expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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198 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will consider its responsibility for the maintenance of Garda stations that it extends to painting a station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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197 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will consider its responsibility for the maintenance of Garda stations that it extends to addressing the lack of suitable changing facilities for female gardaí at a station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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196 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will consider its responsibility for the maintenance of Garda stations that it extends to providing disabled access facilities at a station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Finance the rationale behind the decision to restrict disabled drivers purchasing second-hand vehicles from participating in the disabled driver and passenger tax relief scheme if VRT on that vehicle had previously been claimed by a previous scheme participant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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145 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Finance the rationale behind the decision to enforce the restriction preventing owners of vehicles under the disabled driver and passenger tax relief scheme from carrying out adaptations to their vehicle to exceed that stated maximum VAT and VRT relief, regardless of the length of time they agree to keep the vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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144 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Finance the rationale behind the decision to enforce the restriction preventing owners of vehicles of more than 2000 cc from participating in the disabled driver and passenger tax relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a waiver scheme whereby he will defray some or all of the costs that must be borne by persons and families to access the new Saorview service in geographic locations when terrestrial television signals have been exceptionally and consistently poor for many years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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200 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current guidelines governing the regulation of private clampers; if he intends to reform this area during his tenure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he intends to launch the buy-to-rent scheme for private home owners in which owners can surrender their house to their local authority and rent the property back; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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102 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce an Oireachtas Members’ inquiry line for rent allowance queries in view of the fact that no such facility currently exists and the lo-call general enquiry numbers provided by her experience a high volume of calls and many calls go unanswered; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when a decision will be made on this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Social Protection the plans under review by her regarding proposed changes to the State contributory pension; the impact that these changes would have on prospective future payees; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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651 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health when exactly free general practitioner care will be extended to all claimants of medicines under the long term illness scheme as per the Minister for Finance’s announcement in budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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377 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Social Protection the community employment status of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if she will arrange for a representative of FÁS to contact the person to discuss their employment and training options; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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327 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Social Protection the policy criteria and rationale underlying her decision to pay certain social welfare benefits (details supplied) at different weekly rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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314 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will direct the social welfare appeals office to order an oral hearing for a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow to enable the affected family to demonstrate their ongoing need for support for their child; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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313 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason she has decided to withdraw domiciliary care allowance payments for a child (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to extend full welfare benefits to self-employed persons on a par with PAYE employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a loophole in governing legislation that grants a block exemption to certain public sector workers which absolves them of the requirement to pay PRSI on secondary income streams and unearned income such as rental and investment income as well as income from dividends, deposits and savings and from overseas investments; if she intends to close this loophole; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an information technology course (details supplied) is no longer offered at third level through FÁS programmes; if his attention has been drawn to the importance of this course and the benefits that accrue to students who participate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list the members of the new schools establishment group; the way they were appointed; their expert qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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73 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the advice he will offer to parents of children about to reach school-going age in an area (details supplied) which seems to fall outside the catchment area for local schools, if he has any role in asking schools to re-examine their catchment areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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685 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health if he intends to introduce legislation to deal with the area of assisted reproduction and, in particular, surrogacy, in line with the recommendations of the Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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338 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance limits for an area (details supplied) have been reduced by a significantly greater degree than other administrative areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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337 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Social Protection if she would be amenable to altering the criteria for rent allowance payments by capping the amount of rent allowance that can be paid to a property owner rather than limiting the amount of rent that can be claimed for by rent allowance recipients, as is the case currently.
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240 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health if he is engaged in negotiations to reduce the cost of medications here; his views that such a measure will produce savings for the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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239 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing medical card holders in obtaining prescribed mental health medications (details supplied); his plans to introduce measures to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the lack of mobile telephone coverage in an area (details supplied); the impact this has on the local community; the steps he will take to compel private mobile telephone operators to significantly improve mobile telephone coverage in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the supports and grants that exist for musicians; the way these schemes can be accessed by interested parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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529 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider introducing greater flexibility for local authorities into the way funding provided by the National Transport Authority can be spent in view of the financial pressures which many local authorities are experiencing and in view of the broad range of transport infrastructure needs which local authorities are charged with meeting.
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528 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding which has been allocated by the National Transport Authority for areas (details supplied) in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 in tabular form; the reasons that this funding was allocated; if all this funding was spent by the relevant local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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527 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that the National Transport Authority has received from the State in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 in tabular form; the policy objectives behind this funding; if these objectives have been achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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523 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority will be making efforts to simplify ticketing systems and zones across Dublin Bus, Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and the Luas to increase the efficiency and appeal of the new integrated public transport ticket, Leap card; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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