475 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Transport if he will amend the Road Traffic Regulations to allow cash in transit vans to use bus lanes for security reasons and in view of the limited number of vehicles involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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369 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health and Children if elderly medical card holders are required to pay fees of €60 and more to their general practitioners when obtaining a medical certificate for renewal of their driving licence.
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329 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 who is in receipt of a guardianship social welfare payment cannot be in receipt of a foster care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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310 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Finance if he will ascertain from the Office of Public Works when the children’s playground in the Phoenix Park, Dublin 7 will re-open; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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248 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to each of the questions listed in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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264 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there has been a spate of house break-ins in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and the measures the gardaí are taking to deal with same as it is causing concern to elderly residents.
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247 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress the gardaí are making following the attack on a person (details supplied) in the Mountjoy Garda district, Dublin 7; if Garda foot patrols will be put in place in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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233 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 263 of 31 January 2007, the amount of money taken and the date on which it was removed.
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268 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce regulations or penalties for owners of security alarms who fail to take measures to turn off activated alarms within a set timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 296 of 31 January 2007, if he will request a report from the Garda authorities indicating the timeframe within which a relatively simple question of crime statistics for a readily identifiable area can be answered; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 31 January 2007, if he will request the Garda authorities to record crime data relevant to a specific area such as the distinctive and major new apartment development at Rathborne, Dublin 7, a new community in a physically separate location in the interests of the proper and proportionate allocation of Garda resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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145 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 31 January 2007, the bail conditions of the persons referred to regarding the seizure of 26 kilos of heroin on 12 January 2007; and if these conditions are being adhered to.
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140 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps the Gardaí will take to ensure adequate policing and the liaison they have in place with Dublin City Council before they authorise the use of the environs of Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1 as a 24 hour terminus for a bus company (details supplied).
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561 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) will be given a compassionate discharge form the Defence Forces.
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500 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the funding allocated to the Grangegorman Development Agency in 2006; the amount spent by the agency; the funding allocated for 2007; the number of staff to be appointed; and, if there will be secretarial or administrative support available to the community representative on the board of the agency in its offices.
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223 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; the position of same; and when it will be finalised.
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297 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking following the treatment of a deer by stag hounds at a school (details supplied) in County Meath; if he will suspend the licence to a group to prevent further mistreatment of deer; if he will establish the full facts of the cruelty perpetrated against the deer and take appropriate action; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the treatment of the deer at a school (details supplied) in County Meath will be fully investigated by the Gardaí and the perpetrators prosecuted under the Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1965; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1670 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science if additional teaching hours can be considered for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 for September 2007 to enable the school to take on additional pupils from another school; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1526 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will assist three children from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 1 who have been unable to obtain a place in a Meánscoil Lán-Ghaeilge for September 2007.
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1525 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of new places available in each of the all-Irish secondary schools in Dublin City and County for September 2007; if there are waiting lists for each of these schools; if any of these schools have submitted requests to her Department for funding for additional classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1523 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will assess future needs for primary school accommodation in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 7 where local national schools are full to capacity and where there will be a significant population increase arising from new apartment developments planned for the district.
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1522 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received a request from a group (details supplied) in Dublin 7 for a representative to attend board meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1437 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 639 of 24 October 2006, if in fact contrary to the reply a grant was granted to the club concerned in 2006.
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1236 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 6 December 2006, if the statutory directions given to the road authorities obliges the authorities to provide bi-lingual placename signs in all cases.
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1052 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the circumstances in which the body of an Irish citizen was eventually discovered in Bosnia, he is satisfied that the concerns of members of her family that adequate searches had not been carried out by the authorities there were fully justified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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964 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there is grant assistance available to resident groups of apartment complexes for solar panels designed to power the generation of electricity similar to the grants for solar panels for water heating purposes; and his views on grant aid for a pilot scheme to generate electricity in an apartment complex.
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933 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the waiting list for cancer treatment on the northside of Dublin.
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714 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health and Children the measures being taken for cervical cancer screening throughout the country; the quality of the testing involved; the length of time involved in providing results to tests carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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700 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 was refused a mobility allowance; and if she will re-examine this severely disabled person’s case.
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927 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health and Children her response to the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) from pharmacists; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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647 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with the Health Service Executive with a view to resolving the crisis whereby 4,000 children are awaiting eye examinations at a clinic (details supplied) in Dublin 7 and sanction the appointment of two community ophthalmologists; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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595 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline application procedures for the burial of persons in the military cemetery, Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7 in relation to those entitled to be buried there and the decision making process.
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541 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 14 December 2006, the amendments made to the proposed traffic control measures for the Phoenix Park.
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540 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Finance further to his reply to a question by this Deputy in 2006, the reason the promised pointing work was not carried out to the Tolka River wall along East Wall Road, Dublin 3; when this essential flood prevention work will be completed; and the measures that will be taken to improve flood prevention at the pedestrian bridge at the same location.
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534 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Finance the amount of excise duty collected from kerosene and LPG used for heating purposes during 2006.
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476 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite the introduction of on-the-spot fines with increased penalties for public urination in view of the extent of this problem in residential areas close to major stadia on big match or event days.
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475 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the four largest seizures of heroin made in this jurisdiction by the Garda; the number of persons charged in each case; and if any of these persons are currently on bail.
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297 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that ASBOS have been successfully utilised by the English police to curtail street prostitution in residential areas; if similar action might be taken in residential areas (details supplied) in Dublin 7 where there is an ongoing social problem with street prostitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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296 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request the Garda authorities to detail the number of house break-ins in the East Wall area of Dublin 3 during 2006 and January 2007; the number of persons arrested and charged with these offences; the number of convictions obtained; the steps being taken to prevent further break-ins; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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292 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of complaints received by the Garda authorities on crime, vandalism, anti-social behaviour from the residents (details supplied) during 2006 and January 2007; and the action the Gardaí are taking.
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291 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 344 of 9 November 2005 if the problem referred to therein has in fact increased during 2006 and now constitutes a very serious problem; the action the Gardaí are taking; if the landowner has again been contacted by the Gardaí with a view to securing the land from trespass; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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264 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 14 December 2006, if there were further serious sexual assaults in the same Garda district to the end of 2006; and the number of convictions in each category.
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263 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the outcome of the Garda investigations into a large sum of money which went missing some time ago in Fitzgibbon Street Garda Station, Dublin 1.
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255 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request the Garda authorities to report on the lack of Garda response (details supplied) for an area in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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254 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the location and strength of each local Garda Drug Unit in 2004, 2005 and 2006.
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253 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí in each Garda Divisional Drug Unit in 2004, 2005 and 2006.
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252 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí in the National Drug Unit in 1996, 2005 and 2006; the number of these who are operational Gardaí as distinct from administrative or office based Gardaí.
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480 Mr. Gregory asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 12 December 2006, his views on the civilisation of the static security currently carried out by members of An Garda Síochána at Áras an Uachtaráin, Dublin 7 to free up Gardaí for work in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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