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Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Guthrie Cards Retention
Thomas Pringle
575. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health his plans to reverse the decision to destroy all Guthrie screening cards between 1984 to 2002 under the national newborn bloodspot screening programme in view of the volume of potentially valuable biomedical data for rare genetic diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15142/13]
Wed, 20 Mar 2013
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Medical Card Review
Thomas Pringle
3. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the reason many elderly persons have had their medical cards cancelled by the primary care reimbursement scheme without any notice; the steps being taken to ensure that the system prevents this happening again avoiding undue distress and cost on elderly patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14090/13]
Tue, 5 Mar 2013
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Fishery Harbour Centres
Thomas Pringle
435. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure that a tug boat service is available in Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre, County Donegal, to ensure that the port can continue to develop and attract shipping business and also provide for a vital safety tool to be available to all users of the harbour including the emergency services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11490/13]
Thu, 28 Feb 2013
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Special Protection Areas Designation
Thomas Pringle
160. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason his officials have not met local landowners in the Falcarragh-Meenlaragh special protection area in relation to the recent designation of the protection area; if they will meet them before the response deadline of 12 March 2013 recognising that some landowners affected have not received any notification as yet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10853/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Wind Energy Guidelines
Thomas Pringle
92. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider developing a national plan for wind energy development that will provide for investment in projects by a hierarchy of investors to include landowners, local community, citizens, national capital and international capital to ensure that as many citizens as possible may participate in renewable energy for the benefit of the whole of society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10305/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
150. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the aegis of his Department with a yearly breakdown from 2008 outlining the overall amount paid in each year period and the number of staff that received such payments and or allowances. [10172/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
151. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach if he will provide details of payments made to the CEO or equivalent of all agencies under the aegis of his Department including details of any bonuses, pension entitlements or any other remuneration paid to him or her in 2012. [10189/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
160. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the aegis of his Department with a yearly breakdown from 2008 outlining the overall amount paid in each year period and the number of staff that received such payments and or allowances. [10166/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
161. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of payments made to the CEO or equivalent of all agencies under the aegis of his Department including details of any bonuses, pension entitlements or any other remuneration paid to him or her in 2012. [10183/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
216. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the aegis of his Department with a yearly breakdown from 2008 outlining the overall amount paid in each year period and the number of staff that received such payments and or allowances. [10165/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
217. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of payments made to the CEO or equivalent of all agencies under the aegis of his Department including details of any bonuses, pension entitlements or any other remuneration paid to him or her in 2012. [10182/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
269. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the aegis of his Department with a yearly breakdown from 2008 outlining the overall amount paid in each year period and the number of staff that received such payments and or allowances. [10163/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
270. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of payments made to the CEO or equivalent of all agencies under the aegis of his Department including details of any bonuses, pension entitlements or any other remuneration paid to him or her in 2012. [10180/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
291. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the aegis of his Department with a yearly breakdown from 2008 outlining the overall amount paid in each year period and the number of staff that received such payments and or allowances. [10170/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
292. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of payments made to the CEO or equivalent of all agencies under the aegis of his Department including details of any bonuses, pension entitlements or any other remuneration paid to him or her in 2012. [10187/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
312. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the aegis of his Department with a yearly breakdown from 2008 outlining the overall amount paid in each year period and the number of staff that received such payments and or allowances. [10168/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
313. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of payments made to the CEO or equivalent of all agencies under the aegis of his Department including details of any bonuses, pension entitlements or any other remuneration paid to him or her in 2012. [10185/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
406. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the aegis of his Department with a yearly breakdown from 2008 outlining the overall amount paid in each year period and the number of staff that received such payments and or allowances. [10161/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
407. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of payments made to the CEO or equivalent of all agencies under the aegis of his Department including details of any bonuses, pension entitlements or any other remuneration paid to him or her in 2012. [10178/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Water Services Registrations
Thomas Pringle
456. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to bring forward amending legislation and issue guidelines to regulate those bodies or persons deemed to have the appropriate level of qualification to tender expert technical advice as stated in Chapter 6 - Inspections, page 25 of the Environmental Protection Agency document, National Inspection Plan 2013 prepared on behalf of his Department, in relation to the exact remedial works to be undertaken by the owner of a DWWTS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10129/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
459. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the aegis of his Department with a yearly breakdown from 2008 outlining the overall amount paid in each year period and the number of staff that received such payments and or allowances. [10164/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
460. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of payments made to the CEO or equivalent of all agencies under the aegis of his Department including details of any bonuses, pension entitlements or any other remuneration paid to him or her in 2012. [10181/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
517. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the aegis of his Department with a yearly breakdown from 2008 outlining the overall amount paid in each year period and the number of staff that received such payments and or allowances. [10169/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
518. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of payments made to the CEO or equivalent of all agencies under the aegis of his Department including details of any bonuses, pension entitlements or any other remuneration paid to him or her in 2012. [10186/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies
Thomas Pringle
541. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the aegis of his Department with a yearly breakdown from 2008 outlining the overall amount paid in each year period and the number of staff that received such payments and or allowances. [10162/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies
Thomas Pringle
542. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of payments made to the CEO or equivalent of all agencies under the aegis of his Department including details of any bonuses, pension entitlements or any other remuneration paid to him or her in 2012. [10179/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
593. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the aegis of his Department with a yearly breakdown from 2008 outlining the overall amount paid in each year period and the number of staff that received such payments and or allowances. [10158/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
594. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of payments made to the CEO or equivalent of all agencies under the aegis of his Department including details of any bonuses, pension entitlements or any other remuneration paid to him or her in 2012. [10175/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
609. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the aegis of her Department with a yearly breakdown from 2008 outlining the overall amount paid in each year period and the number of staff that received such payments and or allowances. [10160/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
610. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of payments made to the CEO or equivalent of all agencies under the aegis of her Department including details of any bonuses, pension entitlements or any other remuneration paid to him or her in 2012. [10177/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
708. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the aegis of his Department with a yearly breakdown from 2008 outlining the overall amount paid in each year period and the number of staff that received such payments and or allowances. [10167/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
709. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of payments made to the CEO or equivalent of all agencies under the aegis of his Department including details of any bonuses, pension entitlements or any other remuneration paid to him or her in 2012. [10184/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
756. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the aegis of his Department with a yearly breakdown from 2008 outlining the overall amount paid in each year period and the number of staff that received such payments and or allowances. [10173/13]
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
757. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of payments made to the CEO or equivalent of all agencies under the aegis of his Department including details of any bonuses, pension entitlements or any other remuneration paid to him or her in 2012. [10190/13]
Wed, 20 Feb 2013
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Immigration Policy
Thomas Pringle
192. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider allowing children attending secondary school who have a Stamp 2 under the registration of non-EEA nationals to apply for a Stamp 4, in order for them to attend third level education, before the age of eighteen to ensure they can have continuity in their education and access student support schemes here, recognising that they have been resident in the State for many years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9260/13]
Tue, 19 Feb 2013
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Harbour Authorities Expenditure
Thomas Pringle
155. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 890 of 5 February 2013, the matter of the overpayment to a board member at the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company is the subject of legal action, this means that the board member in question has refused to repay the moneys owing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8575/13]
Tue, 19 Feb 2013
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Harbour Authorities Expenditure
Thomas Pringle
160. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 888 of 5 February 2013, and his commitment of taking up the issue of €20,000 payment of a car allowance to the CEO of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company, if he will now agree to take up this issue with the acting chairperson instead as it is unclear when a new chairperson will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8574/13]
Tue, 19 Feb 2013
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Asylum Seeker Accommodation
Thomas Pringle
579. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 12 February 2013, if he will provide details in tabular form of those persons living in direct provision 36 months and over by year they entered direct provision. [8689/13]
Tue, 19 Feb 2013
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Departmental Expenditure
Thomas Pringle
597. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence if he will outline in tabular form the total cost of all conferences and seminars attended by his Department in 2012 including a breakdown of the purpose of each conference/seminar; the location; the number of delegates that attended from his Department/agencies or otherwise that were represented and the total cost of each conference/seminar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8301/13]
Tue, 12 Feb 2013
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Fishing Industry Development
Thomas Pringle
117. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has any plans to make the creation of jobs a condition of grant aid under the seafood business development and seafood processing schemes operated by Bord Iascaigh Mhara to ensure that the maximum number of jobs are created and maintained in the seafood processing sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6994/13]
Tue, 12 Feb 2013
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Fishery Harbour Centres
Thomas Pringle
119. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of rent reductions that have been negotiated between tenants in fishery harbour centres and his Department in each of the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6919/13]
Tue, 12 Feb 2013
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Asylum Seeker Accommodation
Thomas Pringle
487. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons living in direct provision; if he will provide the details in tabular form by year they entered direct provision; and his plans, if any, to end housing of asylum seekers in direct provision hostels. [6727/13]
Tue, 12 Feb 2013
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Immigration Status
Thomas Pringle
488. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) who has been living in direct provision for nine and a half years will have his case decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6728/13]
Wed, 6 Feb 2013
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Health Services Provision
Thomas Pringle
218. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to improve services for sufferers of inflammatory bowel disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6174/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Commercial Rates Calculations
Thomas Pringle
134. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, in the interests of the economic difficulties that small retail businesses in town centres are experiencing, he will consider bringing forward legislation that will allow for local authorities to implement a differential rates system that would see retailers being billed according to their turnover and their ability to pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5547/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Property Taxation Application
Thomas Pringle
137. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that local authorities will be liable for property tax with regards to their housing stock, the way he intends local authorities should deal with this; if he will be or has already issued any communication to local authorities in this regard; and his views on whether council tenants should be asked to pay for this. [5546/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Departmental Expenditure
Thomas Pringle
215. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach if he will outline in tabular form the total cost of all conferences and seminars attended by his Department in 2012; the purpose of each conference/seminar; the location; the number of delegates that attended from his Department/agencies or otherwise that were represented; the total cost of each conference/seminar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5643/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Departmental Expenditure
Thomas Pringle
224. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline in tabular form the total cost of all conferences and seminars attended by his Department in 2012; the purpose of each conference/seminar; the location; the number of delegates that attended from his Department/agencies or otherwise that were represented; the total cost of each conference/seminar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5637/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Departmental Expenditure
Thomas Pringle
279. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline in tabular form the total cost of all conferences and seminars attended by his Department in 2012; the purpose of each conference/seminar; the location; the number of delegates that attended from his Department/agencies or otherwise that were represented; the total cost of each conference/seminar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5636/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Departmental Expenditure
Thomas Pringle
323. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the total cost of all conferences and seminars attended by his Department in 2012; the purpose of each conference/seminar; the location; the number of delegates that attended from his Department/agencies or otherwise that were represented; the total cost of each conference/seminar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5634/13]