662 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on the improvement and maintenance of local and regional roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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660 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on regional airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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659 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on reducing airport charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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658 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on extending the Dublinbikes schemes to other cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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657 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on the regulation of the vehicle clamping industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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680 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on achieving greater competition in the bus market; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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661 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on the procurement of public service obligation contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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656 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on competitive tendering of bus routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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655 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on the Luas BXD link-up; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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654 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on the Dart interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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653 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on the metro north project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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652 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on the sale of the State’s 25% share in Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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674 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on the ownership and operation of Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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673 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on the ownership and operation of Cork Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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651 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on the separation of airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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650 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy regarding the air travel tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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635 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the full costs of the repair work carried out on the two culverts on the N60 at Fort Augustus, Castlerea, County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Finance his policy on the reduced rate of VAT for the tourism sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources when he expects to receive the Environmental Protection Agency report on fracking; if he intends to publish a green or white paper on this subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12868/12]
599 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in view of the fact that in December 2011 and January 2012, Dublin Bus tendered on etenders for 150 new double deck buses and ten new single deck buses representing an investment of about €150 million, if he will confirm the source of the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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598 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the chronic lack of parking spaces in Dublin city for coaches and the fact that Dublin Bus takes up many parking spaces along the city’s streets despite having several depots nearby; the number of kerbside parking spaces allocated to Dublin Bus in Dublin city; the number allocated to Bus Éireann and the number allocated to private bus companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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596 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that the State-owned coach touring company CIE Tours International often hires coaches from outside this jurisdiction for tours inside this jurisdiction and thereby deprives this Exchequer of much needed tax revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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597 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the State owned coach touring company CIE Tours International is registered outside the State and does not publish annual accounts; if he will agree to publishing accounts for CIE Tours International; his views on the company’s future in view of the fact that it was earmarked for sale in the most recent report of the review group on State assets and liabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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595 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if in the report of the review group on State assets and liabilities, recommendation 40, the McCarthy group recommended the disposal of Expressway and other bus businesses competing directly with private operators; the reason that he has not followed these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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594 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if in the report of the review group on State assets and liabilities, recommendation 40, the McCarthy group recommended the disposal of CIE Tours International; the reason he has not followed these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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367 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the criteria which exempt unfinished estates from the household charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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319 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the global cost of competitive pressures on large multinational employers here, if he will consider maintaining and extending the current level of large energy user customer credits beyond 30 September; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue authorities are transferring the payroll section of the Revenue Commissioners from Ennis, County Clare, to Mayo; the impact that this will have on current employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Finance if Northern Ireland coach companies have been reclaiming VAT from the Exchequer here on fuel purchased in the Republic of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Finance his views on the state of the coach tourism sector which is being exasperated by the high levels of tax on diesel; if he will consider the reintroduction of an excise rebate scheme in order to help the coach tourism sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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68 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has considered an extension to the compensation scheme for turfcutters; the percentage uptake in the scheme following the recent closing date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12532/12]
142 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the person who has responsibility for the maintenance and management of services in estates where the builder is no longer in business; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the liaisons he has had with the Department of Social Protection regarding changes to the sick pay regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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775 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011; the amount claimed in mileage expenses on a monthly basis for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011, and the full list of trips for which mileage expenses were claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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673 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011; the amount claimed in mileage expenses on a monthly basis for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011, and the full list of trips for which mileage expenses were claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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632 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to her Department since March 2011; the amount claimed in mileage expenses on a monthly basis for all Ministers attached to her Department since March 2011, and the full list of trips for which mileage expenses were claimed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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591 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011; the amount claimed in mileage expenses on a monthly basis for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011, and the full list of trips for which mileage expenses were claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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578 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the arrangements and procedures in place for verifying the accuracy of the weighing equipment used in meat plants for weighing carcasses of cattle, sheep and pigs for the purpose of purchasing these animals from farmers; if he will provide the details on the number of checks undertaken across all of the factories for each species of animal over the period 2007 to 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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571 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Defence the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011; the amount claimed in mileage expenses on a monthly basis for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011, and the full list of trips for which mileage expenses were claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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558 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011; the amount claimed in mileage expenses on a monthly basis for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011, and the full list of trips for which mileage expenses were claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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477 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011; the amount claimed in mileage expenses on a monthly basis for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011, and the full list of trips for which mileage expenses were claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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449 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011; the amount claimed in mileage expenses on a monthly basis for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011, and the full list of trips for which mileage expenses were claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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436 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011; the amount claimed in mileage expenses on a monthly basis for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011, and the full list of trips for which mileage expenses were claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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351 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to her Department since March 2011; the amount claimed in mileage expenses on a monthly basis for all Ministers attached to her Department since March 2011, and the full list of trips for which mileage expenses were claimed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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317 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011; the amount claimed in mileage expenses on a monthly basis for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011, and the full list of trips for which mileage expenses were claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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285 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011; the amount claimed in mileage expenses on a monthly basis for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011, and the full list of trips for which mileage expenses were claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed by all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011; the amount claimed in mileage expenses on a monthly basis for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011, and the full list of trips for which mileage expenses were claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Finance the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011; the amount claimed in mileage expenses on a monthly basis for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011, and the full list of trips for which mileage expenses were claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011; the amount claimed in mileage expenses on a monthly basis for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011, and the full list of trips for which mileage expenses were claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Taoiseach the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011; the amount claimed in mileage expenses on a monthly basis for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011, and the full list of trips for which mileage expenses were claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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