176 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress, if any, that has been made towards the granting of aquaculture licences in the bays and estuaries around the country with particular reference to provision in Kinvara Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Health and Children the total number of persons with private health insurance as at the end of 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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D’fhiafraigh Deputy Ulick Burke den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil athrú déanta aici ar an choibhneas idir daltaí agus múinteoirí (sonraí tugtha) i nGaelscoileanna; cén uair a rinneadh an t-athrú agus an dtuigeann sí an drochthoradh a bheidh ar obair na nGaelscoileanna dá bharr.
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5 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that will be impacted by the change to the student grant criteria; the number of students who will lose eligibility as a result of the change to the adjacent rate; her views that this will act as an impediment to persons trying to upskill; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grants or financial supports that have been given to Bird Watch Ireland in support of the work of this organisation by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Defence his views on the progress of the Reserve Defence Forces value for money review to date; if it will be completed in the first quarter of 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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281 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a single farm payment; if the necessary adjustments have been made to the digitised maps so that payment can be made to the approved area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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280 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive the outstanding amount of grants due under the single payment area aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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329 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Galway who has been penalised, could have a percentage of their due payment granted while maps are being digitized.
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271 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their single farm payment and area aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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268 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their area aid payment
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267 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason there are delays in processing an application for area aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on a recent incident involving two Irish citizens on the Road to Hope’s ship which was en route to Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to claims that international journalists are being refused permission to travel north of the country in Sri Lanka to attend public hearings of the commission looking into the country’s civil war and if he, in conjunction with his EU counterparts, will raise this matter with the Sri Lankan Government.
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232 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will intervene with the major beef factory processors to ensure reasonable price structures for producers; if he will investigate the widely held view that price fixing by processors is widespread and that an identified processor, formally monopolising the Irish beef processing industry, is now attempting to suppress Irish beef prices in its UK factories; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review the situation in south Galway where areas of rough land similar to the Burren area were included for grant aid after an application classification was changed, causing up to 40% penalty; if he will introduce an amnesty for this year due to the change occurring after application date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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230 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he plans to cap farm payments for the biggest beneficiaries under the various schemes; if he will in future disallow applications from processors such as meat factories and major dairy companies, as it is recognised that these schemes should be for producers involved in agriculture, such as farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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205 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection the numbers benefiting from the early child care supplement for each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the percentage of children living outside Ireland who benefited during each of the years mentioned; the cost involved in supplementing this later group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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198 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the qualifying criteria for the back to education allowance having particular regard to the nine month waiting time in receiving jobseeker’s allowance before processing an application while at the same time knowing these applicants will remain on this allowance while they could be denied a placement at the start of the relevant third level academic year in September; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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197 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection the waiting time for applicants for jobseeker’s allowance from date of application to approval or refusal at the following centres in County Galway during the years 2009 and to date in 2010: Loughrea, Gort, Tuam and Ballinasloe; the time taken for appeals to be processed at the same centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will indicate the cost to the Health Service Executive west of providing a private ambulance service within the area; the cost of a taxi service and mini bus service to patients for each year 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Health and Children the numbers of children availing of the preschool scheme in 2009 and to date in 2010; the total cost of this scheme; if it has been assessed for its effectiveness; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Finance his plans to have a full-time cutter vessel located on the western seaboard to prevent drugs coming on shore; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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120 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Finance the number of visits made by the RCC Suibhéir to the port of Galway in the years 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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377 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delays in processing an application for area aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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350 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a site has been identified for the provision of a sewage treatment plant at Kinvara, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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198 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to a submission made by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary regarding an engineering process which has been outlined to his Department regarding flooding of domestic houses throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of students participating at third level who have entered through access programmes at first year, second year, and third year in courses involved at university, institute or other educational institutions or training centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider further extending the use of the school bus fleet during the hours between morning collection and evening return collection.
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134 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider grant aid to schools for the provision of rain water harvesting and the provision of an appropriate wind turbine to supply power to large schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of students at training colleges here and participating in Hibernian College’s programme for primary teacher qualifications; the number that graduated each year since 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will take responsibility for the processing of the back to education and mature students allowance schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the report on school transport will recommend the abolition of the school catchment areas as at present structured; if she will abolish the concessionary requirements or if she will re-draw the catchment boundaries to take into account the population changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of school projects at primary and second level announced to go to construction during 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009; the number of each that have been completed; the cost of capital expenditure for each of the years; the amount in each allocation that was spent on pre-fabricated buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for student maintenance grants received by local authorities and vocational educational committees; the number of these paid to each county council and VEC and the number now under appeal or refused to date in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of unqualified and untrained personnel at present employed in primary schools and second level schools; if she will instruct the principals of these schools or the boards of management to advertise these positions so as to give fully trained unemployed teachers the opportunity to apply for these positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who were post holders who retired at primary level and second level; the number of these posts that have not been reassigned; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their single farm payment and area aid grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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558 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of visits by Industrial Development Authority personnel with potential investors to a town (details supplied) in County Galway from the beginning of 2008 to September 2010; if he is satisfied that sufficient efforts are being undertaken by this agency to entice potential investors to the town; the progress being made by the Government in the areas of job creation at this location; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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547 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review the cost of the lease and rent of his Department’s office in an area (details supplied); if he is concerned at the continuation of this situation in the context of value for money when Departments are looking at ways to reduce costs; if he will reconsider, as was originally announced by the Minister, that the office would move to available suitable premises at Mellows College, Athenry which will be conveniently located for the customers and at a much lower cost; if he will outline the annual costs to his Department for each of the years since they moved from Hynes Buildings; if he will name the owners of the facility now occupied by his Department; if he will clearly indicate the reduced requirement of space as against the original space contracted for; if he will provide information on the matter; if he will indicate if any outstanding obligations exist on the Hynes Building and for how long more are the contract obligations on the Dockgate facilities to run; if he considers other Departments commitment to this contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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526 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm the names and details of the contractors engaged by the single farm payment section of his Department for the purposes of providing mailing services; the number of years that these contractors have been engaged by his Department; the amount of money paid by his Department to these contractors in each case; the facilities in terms of accommodation and equipment provided to these contractors; if these contractors have been engaged by his Department in each year on foot of the standard competitive tendering process; if he is satisfied that there is no conflict of interest between these contractors and any member of staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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523 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) is experiencing a delay in the processing of their application for single payment
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522 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) is experiencing a delay in the processing of their application for single payment
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509 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding raw sewage that is entering Kinavara Bay and lowering the quality of water, violating the European waters directive, damaging the bay and tourism in the area and the public health of those using the bay for recreation; when works on alleviation scheme will begin
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508 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason that the provision of a water supply to an area (details supplied) was separated last year from upgrade head works at Loughrea water works as it was planned; the reason it was included in original costings for the complete project; if he will indicate when this scheme will be allowed to start work to bring water supplies to the group water members as intended; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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507 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to outline his plans for upgrading of the water supply to Gort town and the regional groups; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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402 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection the expenditure of the humanitarian aid funds in each of the areas, south Galway and Ballinasloe and the other areas in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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383 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to continue his support by adhering to the stated promise to spend 0.7% of national income on overseas aid by 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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352 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason for the delay in processing an application in respect of a person (details supplied).
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