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Wed, 17 Apr 2013
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Joe McHugh
65. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that is being provided for support services for children with autism; the numbers of staff employed in associated programmes; if he will elaborate on support services that are provided to parents of children with autism at a regional level; if he will outline the relationship with the primary and secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17446/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Inter-Country Adoptions
Joe McHugh
115. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will update Dáil Éireann on her Department's engagements with Prospective Adoptive Parents of Ireland. [17246/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Cross-Border Projects
Joe McHugh
159. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will update Dáil Éireann on her Department's engagements with Northern Ireland agencies in developing youth cross-border and cross-community relationships. [17247/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Teachers' Remuneration
Joe McHugh
369. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline any plans that are being developed to revise Gaeltacht, Island and Secretary to Board of Management allowances that are provided for teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16100/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Joe McHugh
399. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider including Down syndrome under the low incidence disability classification for the purpose of allocation resource hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16424/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Exemptions
Joe McHugh
799. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with reference to the non-principal private residence charge, if he will advise a person (details supplied) who has moved to Great Britain where he is now working and who now faces a bill that includes arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16758/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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UN Conventions Ratification
Joe McHugh
913. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will update Dáil Éireann on the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; his views on whether there is legal impediment to its immediate ratification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16925/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
Joe McHugh
956. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the availability of extra Garda patrolling hours with reference to the patrol car attrition rate; the number of extra patrolling hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17508/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Child Care Services Provision
Joe McHugh
1086. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs with reference to the €2.75 million fund for maintaining the upkeep of interior services, equipment and natural outdoor spaces for all children, if she will clarify which types of child care settings are eligible for this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16810/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Joe McHugh
1262. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health if he will request that the Health Service Executive consider a proposal that may shorten waiting lists; and if he will ask the HSE to contact this Deputy directly. [16928/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Hospital Procedures
Joe McHugh
1263. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health if he will review the proposal to make deep brain stimulation available here, through a North-South initiative; if he will consider the idea of allowing procedures to be carried out in Northern Ireland in order that patients could have pre and post-operative care managed in the Republic, instead of patients in the Republic of Ireland having to go overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16930/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Mobility Allowance Decision
Joe McHugh
1330. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health with reference to mobility allowances, motorised transport grants and the ring-fencing of €10 million funding for the scheme, if the renewed services structure will include a multiple approach scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17618/13]
Thu, 28 Mar 2013
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Betting Legislation
Joe McHugh
94. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will advise Dáil Éireann of his plans for fair and transparent taxation of gambling here; if he will refer specifically to online gambling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15870/13]
Thu, 28 Mar 2013
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Motor Tax Collection
Joe McHugh
152. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with reference to the proposal that motor tax be payable incrementally and acknowledging the administrative costs that would arise from paper processing of quarterly payments, if he will consider a direct debit option via personal bank accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15941/13]
Thu, 28 Mar 2013
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Industrial Relations Issues
Joe McHugh
177. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ask the Labour Relations Commission to review the terms that underpin its engagement with organisations that represent particular cohorts of public sector workers; if he will ask the LRC to engage formally with two organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15873/13]
Wed, 27 Mar 2013
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Tourism Promotion
Joe McHugh
7. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his vision for the development of the country's maritime heritage, with specific reference to community dividends from tourism associated with lighthouses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12870/13]
Wed, 27 Mar 2013
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Tourism Promotion
Joe McHugh
22. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the continued relative decline in overseas visitors from Britain in comparison to other locations; if there is need for a reconsideration of the overseas marketing activities of our tourism agencies to focus to a greater extent on those markets where there has been considerable growth in the past number of years instead of Britain; if he supports the development of a cross-border lighthouse tourism trail in this respect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15035/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Office of the Ombudsman
Joe McHugh
213. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance when tax concessions for disabled drivers will come under the remit of the Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15117/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Special Educational Needs Services Provision
Joe McHugh
249. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the availability of services for autism at a primary level in County Donegal, with reference to autism units that may be currently available in schools; the number of students with autism that are attending services for the 2012/2013 term; if he will project numbers for the 2013/2014 term; if he will outline any plans for future service expansion; if he will clarify catchment rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14918/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Teachers' Remuneration
Joe McHugh
263. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Skills with reference to a recent missive issued by his Department to secondary school teachers, if he will explain the reason work that was conducted by teachers prior to 2011 must have been conducted by qualified teachers who were registered with the Teaching Council; if he will outline the incentives that his Department is putting in place for newly qualified teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15130/13]