460 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if prisoners convicted of crimes of extreme violence for example aggravated rape are psychiatrically assessed prior to release or if steps are being taken to safeguard the public from such violent people.
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426 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda file of the arrest of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has been examined by his Department or if it has been independently examined; and if there is an indication on file as to the reason the charges were withdrawn by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
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310 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason a lottery grant (details supplied) was not taken up; if the issues preventing same have been resolved; and if it must now be reapplied for.
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100 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the breakdown in the costings for the planning relocation of Temple Street Children’s Hospital to the Mater site which the authorities at Temple Street estimate to be in the region of €80 million and not the €200 million referred to by her.
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5 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the significant increase in Garda seizures of crack cocaine in Dublin’s north city district; his further views on the implications of the spread of crack cocaine among drug users generally; if there are specific measures required to assist the Garda Síochána to counteract same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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306 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a request has been received from a person (details supplied) to serve the remainder of their sentence in a prison here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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305 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the length of sentence received by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 for serious drug offences; the length of sentence served to date in 2006; and the reason this person received temporary release over the past three weekends.
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304 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, when gardaí seize quad bikes, mopeds and so on from underage persons with no licence, tax or insurance, steps can be taken to enable the Garda Síochána to refuse to return such impounded vehicles unless the persons can supply tax and insurance details and so on.
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460 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the timescale for the temporary relocation of Fitzgibbon Street Garda station to allow for its refurbishment; the location to which the Garda station will be temporarily rehoused; if the building next to the Garda station in Fitzgibbon Street currently used by the Garda Síochána can be retained in use during the refurbishment; and if a nearby building (details supplied) could be utilised.
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454 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the need to deregulate the legal education market; and if he will make a statement on the matter in view of the failure of the Law Society and the Kings Inns to publish criteria for independent colleges to provide training courses for solicitors and barristers as directed by the Competition Authority.
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136 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is committed to the transfer of the children’s hospital, Temple Street, Dublin 1 to a modern hospital on the Mater site in line with the agreed timescale; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the relocation of the Children’s Hospital Temple Street to the Mater site; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1479 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which the projected reduction in spending from the environment fund will affect, in percentage terms, waste management infrastructure and the subvention of local authority recycling operational costs, management infrastructure and the subvention of local authority recycling operational costs, bottom of form environment awareness including the race against waste campaign and various litter initiatives, enhanced waste management enforcement initiatives currently being taken by local authorities and the Office of Environmental Enforcement, national waste prevention and market development programmes, North-South matters, including the scheme for the management of waste, fridges and freezers, research and development in the Environmental Protection Agency, contributions to international environment funds, activities relating to air quality and climate change, environmental levy operational costs, miscellaneous, printing, publishing and so on, producer responsibility initiatives, activities relating to sustainable development and activities relating to water quality.
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1478 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the limited companies which received funding in 2005 from the environment fund.
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1343 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science if a mechanism can be found whereby credit will be given regarding service for pension purposes to persons who are now teachers for years that they were employed in a company, details supplied, a semi-State body as is the practice currently for persons in the public service who previously worked in a range of semi-State bodies and particularly given the small number of teachers involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1342 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science if a company, details supplied, has been requested by her Department to participate in the public service transfer network; its response to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1182 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons (details supplied) charged with serious offences in 2005 where the Garda Síochána objected to bail which was then granted in the High Court following which the person failed to reappear.
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1181 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the liaison between the immigration authorities and the Garda Síochána for cross-referencing of fingerprints of persons charged with serious offences.
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1180 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the liaison between the Garda Síochána and the Refugee Applications Commissioner regarding applicants who are charged with serious offences, including drug supply.
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1179 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons charged in 2003, 2004 and 2005 for the possession of crack cocaine in the State, Dublin city and the north central Garda district of Dublin city.
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1178 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the process by which community groups which were recently grant-aided for closed circuit television systems will utilise same; the person who will monitor same; and the controls and restrictions which will be exercised and by whom.
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1140 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Question No. 496 of 8 November 2005, if the matter has been clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1139 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Question No. 520 of 15 November 2005, if the Garda investigation is complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1138 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason that personal items were not returned to a person (details supplied); and if the issue of compensation will be reconsidered for the sole survivor of the Grangegorman murders.
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1099 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Síochána are investigating illegal activities in a premises (details supplied) in Dublin 1; if there is an interdepartmental task force active on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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875 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Transport his response to the issues raised in correspondence from a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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777 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the decision to refuse a diet supplement to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 will be reviewed.
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511 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Finance if his Department’s investigation branch is investigating illegal activities for example non-payment of VAT and PAYE and so on at premises (details supplied) in Dublin 1; if there is an interdepartmental task force active on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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510 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Finance the reason blind persons are not covered under the disabled passengers VRT and VAT refund scheme 1994; the recommendation made by the interdepartmental group on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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408 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Questions Nos. 387 of 5 October 2004 and 290 of 26 October 2005, her views on the reason the reply received from the Rotunda Hospital on foot of Question No. 290 contained inaccurate and misleading information; and the further reason the persons concerned were obliged to have the reply amended by means of an application made under the Freedom of Information Act 1997 (details supplied).
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377 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Questions Nos. 387 and 290 of 26 October 2005, if arrangements will be made to facilitate the correction of inaccuracies in the persons’ medical records without requiring them to go through the freedom of information process.
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376 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Questions Nos. 387 of 5 October 2004 and 290 of 26 October 2005, the reason the persons were refused treatment on 27 February 2002 and again on 20 April 2003.
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148 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is a lack of availability of medication for a condition (details supplied).
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5 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science if the allocation system for resource teachers for children with special needs is weighed against small disadvantaged schools for example inner city schools; the steps she is taking to rectify same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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315 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the level of funding she intends to make available in 2006 for the implementation of the recommendations of the McIvor report on post-leaving certificate courses.
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314 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools and their location where the early start initiative is in place; and when she intends to extend the scheme to other schools.
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292 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) whose case has been supported by Amnesty International will be permitted to remain here.
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253 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason given by a person (details supplied) for resigning from the national drug strategy committee; his response to the issues raised; if he will make efforts to resolve these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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470 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Defence if he has examined the relevant documents related to the Niemba ambush; his views on whether Private Browne was not killed in the course of the ambush but at another location, days later; if he will take steps to put the record straight; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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459 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the details of the nine disadvantaged national schools in Dublin’s north inner city; if, regarding each of those schools, the school lost a resource teacher, and the teaching hours in the school years 2004-05 and 2005-06.
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169 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 26 October 2005, the reason the Health Service Executive has not finalised this matter and has not issued a reply.
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180 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the activities of the Ward Union Hunt (details supplied) will be reviewed if the context of her responsibilities under the Protection of Animals Kept for Farming Purposes Act 1984; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the decision to withdraw the fuel allowance from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will be reviewed.
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258 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 292 of 30 November 2005, if the regulation that prevents persons employed as general operatives by local authorities from eligibility for interview for grade four level will be reviewed on the basis that they do not hold a leaving certificate and prevents the employing authority from accepting such applicant for interview.
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201 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the request of persons (details supplied) who wish to remain here will be reviewed in view of the representations from their school authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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200 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking to ensure that future flights through Shannon Airport are not carrying prisoners to places where they would be at risk of torture; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to ensure that future flights through Shannon Airport are not carrying prisoners to places where they would be at risk of torture; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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521 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the need for additional women’s refuges for the victims of domestic violence in the Dublin region; his plans to increase funding for such refuges; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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496 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of the way in which his Department’s moneys have been disbursed or committed to date in 2005 and disbursements to non-governmental bodies, agencies of his Department or other bodies outside his Department.
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