277 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of house owners registered with Galway County Council and Galway City Council on the private rental register; the number of inspections on such properties in 2008 and 2009 in each local authority; the consequence of these inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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250 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost to date to her Department for the provision of assistance to flood victims in County Galway; the average financial contribution made to the number of persons who received aid from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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238 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress that has been made in the provision of the new swimming pool in Loughrea, County Galway; the cost of this project; the proposed grant being provided by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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224 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí of each rank located at each station in both Galway city and county for each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; the number of new recruits and transfers to and from Galway city and county for each of these years; the number of recruitments, retirements or resignations of personnel from stations in both Galway city and county; the number of gardaí employed or stationed in both Galway city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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215 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Transport the status that will be assigned to the old N6 route from Ballinasloe to Galway following the opening of the new M6; if it is his responsibility to alter its designation, or that of the local authority; the consequences of such change if it occurs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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214 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself that the works carried out on Portumna Bridge over the River Shannon are adequate for the volume of traffic using this bridge in view of reports prior to these works being carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Health and Children the funds provided by the Health Service Executive to service providers in County Galway for each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009 for the provision of services to the physical and mentally handicapped persons at centres in both the city and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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191 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Health and Children the increased number of patients treated in each speciality following the designation of University College Hospital, Galway as a centre of excellence; the increased bed numbers provided to cater in each specialist area now in place; the increased funding and staff to provide for these increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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190 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Health and Children the bed capacity of University College Hospital, Galway, Merlin Park Hospital, Galway and Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway; the number of bed closures during 2007, 2008 and 2009 at each location; if it was for reconstruction and repairs, over capacity, or as a cutback in funding or staff shortage; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Health and Children the original contract cost for the provision of the new health centre at a hospital (details supplied) in County Galway; the expenditure to date on its construction; the increased cost, if any; the final cost envisaged for the completion of the work; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Health and Children the time scale for the proposed disposal of property at a hospital (details supplied) in County Galway; if there is a current valuation of the total property; if there are any potential buyers; if the resources from the sale are to be ring fenced for the improvement of mental health services in east Galway as promised; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of home help packages provided by the Health Service Executive west in County Galway for each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; her views on this service.
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186 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of home helps provided by the Health Service Executive in Galway city and county; the number of persons benefiting from this service for each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009; and the cost of each year.
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185 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in County Galway, city and county who are medical cards holders for each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009; the number of other medical cards holders in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Health and Children the criteria involved in the decision to remove the issuing of medical cards to older persons from local health board offices to Finglas, Dublin 11; the reason for the implementation of this new scheme; the number of staff that have been put in place to administer this new scheme; the number of additional staff that have been put in place to try and clear the logjam in the system; the reason for the inefficiencies and mismanagement of the scheme in view of the upset and distress that these delays have caused to older persons; if it has been cost effective for the Health Service Executive taking into account that the over 70 years scheme accounts for less than 10% of all medical cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to establish a single agency for the control and management of the Shannon basin and water levels throughout the river basin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Finance his plans to prevent reoccurrence of serious flooding in the town of Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Finance his plans to prevent the reoccurrence of flooding in south Galway; his views on the need for compromise between State agencies in order that works can be carried out without obstruction from some such agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Finance the formula in use by the Revenue Commissioners to calculate vehicle registration tax on imported cars from within the EU, when tax has been previously paid, in view of the fact that this formula bears no relevance to the actual value of the vehicle, the price paid for same or the age of the car; the way this formula is arrived at; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Finance the action he will take in respect of the European Commission’s finding that the imposition of the vehicle registration tax on vehicles, when VRT has already been paid in the country of origin, is contrary to the obligations assumed by section 90 of the Single European Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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140 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of grant aid provided by IDA Ireland for job creation and assistance towards site and facilities provision in Galway city and separately in County Galway for each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009; the country or origin of the beneficiaries of this aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA Ireland-assisted jobs which were provided in County Galway, outside Galway city, for each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009; the location of these jobs; the years in which they were provided; the number of IDA jobs announced during each of these years that have not yet been put in place or been realised; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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138 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of visits by IDA Ireland personnel with potential investors to a town (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she is satisfied that there is a reasonable balance in the promotion of this town by the IDA as compared to the major urban centres in the county.
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84 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Defence if, in view of the stated fact in the defence services review that the medical corps is experiencing difficulties in meeting the health needs of the Defence Forces and the statement that medical corps personnel are increasingly stretched in service management and delivery, the ability of the Defence Forces to undertake missions at home and abroad has been compromised by the structures, staffing and functioning of the medical corps; the actions he will take to correct this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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401 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the decision to centralise the issuing of medical cards for the over 70s, return the issuing and review of these cards to local area health offices in view of the long waiting time that is now needed to process these applications, causing distress and anxiety to older people; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she will take to alleviate the impact of the carbon tax on lower income households that are more likely to rely on higher carbon fuels and to live in badly insulated homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will report on plans to amalgamate the National Gallery, the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Crawford Art Gallery; if he will report on plans to merge the National Archives with the National Manuscript Commission and the National Library; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason three full-time medical officers essential for the Loughrea and Ballinasloe area of County Galway and whose functions are essential for community care have not been replaced before or since the moratorium; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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32 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Transport his views on the Report on Major Incidences in Tunnels, (SI 213 of 2006), prepared by the National Roads Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the efforts made by banks under State protection to find executives who would make a clean break with the culture of banking that has prevailed here in recent years; if he is further satisfied with the arrangements in place in respect of both pay and leadership in the banks; and his plans to introduce further changes.
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42 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in the construction of a new primary school (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the fact that a site has been acquired and there is overcrowding and poor physical conditions throughout the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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55 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he plans to amend the gate 3 system to facilitate commercially viable new wind farm proposals receiving grid connection without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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572 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Education and Science if he is satisfied with the situation in relation to the upgrading of final grades in leaving certificate 2009 results whereby if a student was three or four marks short of a grade an increase to all students occurred without further reassessment of the scripts involved in a certain subject area; the number of changes in courses resulting from this upgrade; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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571 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will reconsider the reintroduction of the school book grant scheme in view of the hardship to families resulting from changed economic situations; the number of students receiving assistance in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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504 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will reintroduce the installation aid grant and the early retirement scheme in order to encourage young farmers to enter farming rather than lose them to the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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503 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applicants in County Galway in REP scheme three and REP scheme four; the number of persons who will complete the REP scheme in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the number of persons who will complete REP scheme four in County Galway; the income loss for each of these years to the applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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502 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will allow for the burial of dead animals on farms when all necessary health and safety matters are adhered to and animal identity is recorded and verified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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501 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of grant aid paid out for the years 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 in County Galway under the farm waste scheme; the amount due but not to be paid in 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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500 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will reconsider his proposal for the introduction of electronic sheep tagging in view of the depressed state of the sheep industry and the rapid decline in the number of sheep here; the cost per head of tagging on individual animals; his views on whether it is necessary to change from the system for identification and for traceability purposes; the estimated cost of introducing this scheme at national level; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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499 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applicants in County Galway who will lose out financially as a result of the cut back in the suckler cow scheme and the disadvantaged area scheme; the amount involved in relation to each scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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469 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason for the delay in providing promoters of wind farms access to the national grid in view of the need to provide a greater percentage of renewable energy; his plans for eliminating these delays; if he will ask Eirgrid to revise their entry to gate three requirements in order to allow many of these projects to go to construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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443 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the provision of a new sewerage facility for a town (details supplied) in County Galway; his views on the discharge from the town into the bay and the danger to the shellfish industry and the health risks involved due to the contamination and delay in rectifying this situation; if he will approve revised plans currently in his Department from Galway County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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258 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will reduce the accident and emergency fee from €100 to €50; if she will reduce all other hospital fees in order to reduce health insurers demands; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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257 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who had medical cards in each of the years 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 in County Galway; the number of those who were over 70 years for each of these years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the involvement he has had, in conjunction with Dublin City Council, to ensure an adequate waste strategy for the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter
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103 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to reports of child sexual abuse in Zimbabwe; if the EU has plans to make contact with the Zimbabwean Government in relation to this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures the EU is taking to prevent further Jewish settlements in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to review the green card rules; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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249 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of cattle slaughtered for each of the past six months at each of the meat factories in County Galway; if he will state the way in which this compares with the same period for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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