302 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of plans to close Fitzgibbon Street Garda station, Dublin 1, for short-term refurbishment of the station or for any long-term reason; if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns in the local community at the prospect of its closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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301 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons aged 16 years or under who have multiple charges but are not in custodial care pending further court appearances, specifically in the district covered by Store Street Garda station, Dublin 1; if there is a strategy in place to deal with this small number of offenders who are repeatedly involved in crime in the Dublin 1 area; his views on whether after being charged on at least three separate occasions, they should be held in custody; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the gardaí have apprehended the persons involved in several morning muggings that took place at 8 a.m. at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 1; if charges have been brought; if the persons involved are back on the streets; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health and Children if additional funding will be allocated to enable the ERHA to employ staff to bring into use the four fully equipped emergency respite beds in St. Clare’s Nursing Home, Dublin, in view of the extreme shortage of respite beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health and Children the funding his Department is making available for the training of dogs to assist persons with disabilities; if additional funding might be provided in 2004 to allow any such project to progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 16 June 2004, if his Department received a funding request from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3 to refurbish the toilet facilities in the school; when the application was made; the scheme under which it was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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200 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science if further consideration was given to the issue raised in correspondence (details supplied) by the Let Our Voices Emerge organisation.
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349 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Transport his views on the concerns of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 regarding the proposed decentralisation of the Bus Éireann head office to Mitchelstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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193 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps taken to assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 and their parent; and the measures put in place to address the issue.
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91 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the work permit renewal for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 can be expedited in view of the special circumstances.
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280 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the funding crisis at the Carmichael Centre (details supplied) in Dublin 7; his further views on the services provided by the centre; the level of funding his Department can make available to help ensure that the centre does not close or the staff be let go; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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237 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to ensure that the negotiated and agreed criteria for compassionate parole is fully adhered to when requests are received from the autonomous republic prisoners unit based on the two main landings at Portlaoise Prison; if confusion on this issue will be clarified with the prisoners concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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191 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health and Children his views on the funding crisis at the Carmichael Centre (details supplied) in Dublin 7; his further views on the services provided by the centre; the level of funding his Department can make available to help ensure that the centre does not close or the staff be let go; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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154 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has received a request from the authorities of a school (details supplied) for funding to improve security, that is, prevent unauthorised access to the school grounds by gangs involved in anti-social activities; if assistance can be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Finance , further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 27 November 2002, if each of the concerts held in the Phoenix Park, Dublin 7, since then has met the criteria within the policy framework; if the attendance limit of 100,000 has been adhered to in each case; the action that is taken to ensure these limits are adhered to; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science when the necessary funding will be approved for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 which was promised when the three schools amalgamated five years ago and in view of the urgent need to modernise facilities at same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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140 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason the requested €31,000 has been withdrawn and has not been sanctioned for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3 to modernise the toilet facilities and make them wheelchair accessible in view of the unacceptable condition of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science when the application for school transport for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 1 will be sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Mr. Gregory asked the Taoiseach if he has received the full report arising from the inquest into the deaths of victims of the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings; the action he intends to take arising from the statements made at the inquest; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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505 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request a report from the Garda authorities at the Bridewell Garda station, Dublin 7 regarding the action they are taking on the anti-social activities in the laneway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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504 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request a report from the Garda authorities regarding their response to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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486 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a holiday visa will be granted to persons (details supplied) to visit relatives here without having to make a second application which is very costly; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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322 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the timescale for the exchange of lands at Grangegorman, Dublin 7, from his Department to the DIT; when the necessary legislation will be ready; if provision is being made for a primary school on the site as previously agreed with Dublin 7 Educate Together; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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276 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has received a petition from the parents at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 detailing the urgent requirement for special needs resource teachers; and if he will give the matter immediate attention and allocate a special needs resource teacher.
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248 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science when the necessary funding will be made available for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7.
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102 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science if letters were sent by his Department during April or May 2004 to PLC colleges confirming that staffing levels for 2004 will be based on numbers enrolled on 30 September 2003; if this remains the position; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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370 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 417 of 2 March 2004, if the details sought from a club (details supplied) have been made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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312 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the application of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 for naturalisation can be expedited in view of the exceptional circumstances.
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316 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to ensure that the law centres in Finglas and Blanchardstown, Dublin will remain open; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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289 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Transport his response to the issues raised in the correspondence (details supplied) regarding the lack of service for the disabled at Connolly and Tara stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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283 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of requests received during May 2004 from non-nationals who were still resident outside of this country during May 2004 to make arrangements for admission to each of Dublin’s maternity hospitals.
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268 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of babies born in May 2004 in each of the Dublin maternity hospitals, the parents of whom had entered the State during 2004.
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138 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Finance if the income tax deducted from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 will be reviewed in view of the special circumstances concerned.
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207 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the visa application from the mother, sister and brother of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 to attend their graduation ceremony on 3 June 2004 has been refused; if this decision will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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370 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 368 of 18 May 2004, the estimated number of criminal gangs operating in the State.
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305 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health and Children when the necessary funding will be made available for the opening of long-stay beds in Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin 10 so that elderly patients in St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8, can be transferred there.
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241 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if State funding made available to Bord na gCon is specifically for the use of that body; if no portion of it is redirected to the Irish Coursing Club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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138 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the assistance his Department has given to the parent of a person (details supplied); the response of the Spanish authorities; if there is further action that can be taken to ensure a more thorough investigation of this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make representations to the US authorities to express serious concern at the additional measures announced on 6 May 2004 by the US to further tighten its blockade and make even worse the already very difficult conditions caused by the blockade against Cuba; if he will also raise this matter at EU level.
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3 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the action he can take to help ensure the safe repatriation of the Colombia three following the recent trial verdict.
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404 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the protection which exists for the feral goat; if, in the absence of protective measures, regulations can be introduced to regulate the hunting and killing of many thousands of these goats in the Burren and elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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368 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether, in the context of the study carried out in the North of Ireland which showed 230 criminal gangs operating there, it would be beneficial to carry out a similar study in this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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364 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Commissioner agreed to meet with a person (details supplied); the reason the meeting did not happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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360 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform , further to Question No. 384 of 9 March 2004, if the future funding of the group has been fully considered; if so, the details of the decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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359 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of serving peace commissioners in the State; the number in Dublin postal districts 1, 3 and 7; the procedure by which a peace commissioner is appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make representations to the US authorities to express serious concern at the additional measures announced on 6 May 2004 by the US to further tighten its blockade and make even worse the already very difficult conditions caused by the blockade against Cuba; if he will also raise this matter at EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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144 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of calves under two months old exported to continental EU in 2003; the number which went to each destination country; the number of weanlings exported to continental EU in 2003 for further fattening; the number which went to each destination country; the number of other cattle which went to continental EU in 2003 for slaughter or further fattening; and the number which went to each destination country.
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171 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the procedure whereby a victim of a crime may report the matter in a Garda station; the manner in which it is then recorded; if a reference number or a log number is made available to the victim; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Transport the number of licences granted to date to private bus operators in the State; the individual cost of these licences; and the procedures in place to ensure that the conditions of the licences are monitored and complied with.
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109 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the protection which exists for the feral goat; if, in the absence of protective measures, regulations can be introduced to regulate the hunting and killing of many thousands of these goats in the Burren and elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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