270 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount given to a club (details supplied) in County Leitrim under the sports capital programme 2007; and the purpose of this grant.
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136 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the professional support given to long-term prisoners who become psychologically institutionalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 263 of 21 May 2008 the length of sentence served by each of the prisoners concerned;and if any temporary release has been granted.
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130 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Defence if Ireland is part of the European Defence Agency’s intergovernmental regime for defence procurement; if so, if this participation was subject to the agreement of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Defence the projects Ireland are involved in within the European Defence Agency and what these projects entail; the purpose of these projects; the financial implications for those participating Member States; the financial contribution Ireland is making or expected to make arising from membership of the EDA; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Defence if he will define common defence as referred to in the Lisbon treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will clarify the position of Enterprise Ireland in relation to the European Defence Agency; the purpose of those attending meetings of the EDA from Enterprise Ireland; the nature of EDA meetings attended by Enterprise Ireland; the number of EDA meetings which Enterprise Ireland attended; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the decision making procedure for Ireland to join the Lisbon treaty’s permanent structured co-operation; if such a decision will require Dáil Éireann approval or a referendum of the people; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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77 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the purpose of the mutual defence clause in the Lisbon treaty; if those to be defended and participating in the mutual defence refer solely to members of the EU which are being defended and who will do the defending under this clause; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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360 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will liaise with Dublin City Council with a view to agreeing a rescue initiative for the inner city regeneration projects recently abandoned by the private developer involved in view of the unacceptable living conditions in the complexes concerned and the urgent need to immediately begin the regeneration of these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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334 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request a report from the Garda authorities in the Bridewell District, Dublin 7 detailing the number of reported incidents of vandalism to cars in the Oxmantown district of Dublin 7 since the beginning of 2008, if there has been a recent upsurge in such acts, the number of arrests made and convictions obtained related to these acts, if the culprits are known to the Garda, if Garda liaison officers have visited their families and the action the Garda is taking to effectively patrol this area to prevent any recurrence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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264 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision has been made on the application of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if, pending a decision, he will make arrangements to allow this person travel to Sweden with a neighbourhood youth project group in August 2008.
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263 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 230, 231 and 232 of 14 May 2008, if he will set out, specify and clarify the precise reasons and circumstances in which the decisions were made not to submit the applications of each of the prisoners concerned to the independent commission set up for this purpose under the Good Friday Agreement.
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212 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will urgently re-examine the request from schools (details supplied) in Dublin 7 for the required funding for the renewal of their heating system as the minor repairs grant already received is inadequate to meet the cost involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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553 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will investigate complaints that illegal glue traps are on display for sale at a premises (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if appropriate action will be taken.
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128 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a new regulation S.I. No. 859 of 2007 has been enacted resulting in parents retaining income from child benefit and early childhood supplement for six months after their child has been placed with foster parents; if the payments should transfer immediately to the foster parents to directly benefit the child; if she will review same as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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232 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 8 May 2008, if in view of the spirit and the letter of the Good Friday Agreement he will review the decision to refuse to send the applications of the prisoners concerned, which in this instance would be four or the five prisoners to the Independent Commission as agreed under the Good Friday Agreement to allow the Commission to make their advice known in each case as is their function.
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231 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 8 May 2008, if he or officials have consulted with other parties or individuals when making his decision to refuse the applications under the Good Friday Agreement of each of the prisoners concerned.
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230 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 8 May 2008, the date of the decision to reject the application of each of the five prisoners.
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542 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 1 May 2008, if it was part of the settlement that a licence to hunt deer will be granted to a hunt (details supplied) for the 2008/2009 season.
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586 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of licences he has issued for the snaring of badgers; his views on this control method of the badger population in view of the cruelty involved; if he will liaise with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to develop a more humane approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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523 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 30 April 2008, the reason for rejecting the applications under the Good Friday Agreement in each case; if, in each case, it was the advice of the Commission to him to reject these applications; and the relevant provision of the Good Friday Agreement which the prisoners failed to satisfy in each case.
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193 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the full details of his out of court settlement with a group (details supplied); the conditions by which a licence may be granted for carted deer hunting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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145 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the request by a person (details supplied) for a stamp four visa to permit them to live and work here.
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167 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners currently in prison who have at any stage made an application for their release under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement; and the status of their applications.
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465 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the issues delaying a decision regarding the request of Dublin City Council for the re-development of D Block Liberty House, Dublin 1; and if approval will be granted in the short term.
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201 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are any prisoners convicted of paramilitary offences still in custody whose conviction fell clearly within the timeframe of the Good Friday Agreement as agreed at the time of its signing and not referring to the Adare prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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198 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 463 of 17 April 2008, the timescale involved in the consideration of this matter in the context of her Department’s multi-annual school building and modernisation programme.
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463 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) is no nearer a permanent building now than it was in 1996; the length of time her Department estimates that the children and staff of this school will continue to be housed in what they describe as third world conditions; the reason for the ongoing vagueness of her replies to Dáil Questions on this matter; when she estimates finality will be reached on this issue and a permanent school building will be built and opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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446 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on the IMPACT campaign on behalf of school secretaries to achieve basic standards in pay and conditions of employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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351 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce regulations to ensure that victims of serious workplace bullying have recourse to the courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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350 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce regulations to ensure that employers are compelled to attend hearings of rights commissioners rather than invited to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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220 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will give favourable consideration to the case made on behalf of a person (details supplied) who has been a member of an Irish language group for the past eight years and who wishes to remain in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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434 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received a recommendation on tenders to Dublin City Council for the re-development of areas (details supplied) in Dublin 3; his Department’s response to the proposal; the time-scale for this essential urban renewal project in an area that has been neglected for years and where remaining tenants are anxiously awaiting the new homes which will be part of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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383 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Defence if an independent Member of Dáil Eireann was invited to the Easter commemoration ceremony at the General Post Office in 2008 and if not, if he will ensure that an independent Member will be invited to future ceremonies where representatives of all the parties in Dáil Éireann are represented.
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205 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the family of a person (details supplied) will be granted permission to enter the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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204 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress in the case of a person (details supplied) raised at the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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969 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are detailed maps available of the preservation order area at Rath Lugh; the location where these maps may be viewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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773 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on the six point strategy enunciated by the ASTI in their document A Strategy to Develop Second-Level Education; the action she will take in response to this ASTI initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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275 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will bring correspondence from a person (details supplied) to the attention of the Israeli authorities; his views on the experience outlined by the person during a visit to the West Bank; the action he will take on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if fox farming here is being phased out for economic reasons (details supplied).
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151 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of licensed mink farms operating in each county; the number of fox farms operating in each county; and if there are other types of fur farms operating here at present.
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314 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the Heritage Council felt it was appropriate to give a grant to a gun club (detail supplied) in County Leitrim under the 2007 biodiversity fund for a red grouse habitat survey/habitat management plan.
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133 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a voluntary organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 2 will qualify for grant assistance; and the maximum amount of grant involved.
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184 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the provision of primary and secondary schools in Dublin 15; the provision she has made in recent years to meet the need for school places; the management structures she has put in place for various schools; her immediate plans in terms of acquiring sites for schools and constructing schools to meet immediate demand; and the management structures she will put in place for planned schools.
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81 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Health and Children the status of her plans for each of the eleven sites on public lands which she intends to hand over to private hospital developers; if contracts have been signed; the nature and details of contracts signed or intended to be signed; the names of the entities with whom contracts have been signed or intended to be signed; and if planning applications have been lodged for the co-located sites and the bed capacity and specialisations envisaged for each of the hospitals that are planned.
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83 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 is entitled to a personal assistant in view of their extreme condition; and if same will be made available to them.
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251 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the sale of the drug BZP in certain shops (details supplied); if it is the case that this drug is banned from sale in all European countries except Ireland; if his further attention has been drawn to the widespread concern that this drug causes serious psychological disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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625 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of the application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 for naturalisation and for a work permit.
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1267 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of bullying and harassment cases taken within his Department for each of the past 10 years; and the number that have been upheld.
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