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Wed, 17 Sep 2014
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Third Level Funding
Pat Deering
1406. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider reviewing the funding model for third level education with a view to introducing a UK-style student loan system, whereby the money would be paid back to the Exchequer from future earnings, in order to help those families which earn more than the grants threshold but which are not in a position to fund their children's college expenses. [34237/14]
Wed, 17 Sep 2014
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Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
Pat Deering
1407. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she considers the additional €4,830 allowance to the third level grants threshold for second or subsequent children adequate, considering the average estimated cost is more than €10,000 per year to keep a student in college. [34238/14]
Wed, 17 Sep 2014
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Special Educational Needs Staff
Pat Deering
1436. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of both principal and deputy principal allowances based on teacher numbers, her plans to give extra allowances to cover the number of special needs assistants-escorts in schools; the number of SNAs and escorts at primary level; her plans to increase the ancillary grant to schools to take into account the additional administration work associated with having SNAs escorts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34728/14]
Thu, 17 Jul 2014
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Medical Card Applications
Pat Deering
647. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Carlow. [32114/14]
Thu, 17 Jul 2014
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Medical Card Reviews
Pat Deering
648. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a decision on the review of their medical card. [32115/14]
Thu, 17 Jul 2014
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Medical Card Applications
Pat Deering
649. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a decision on their medical card application. [32116/14]
Thu, 17 Jul 2014
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Medical Card Applications
Pat Deering
650. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a decision on their medical card application. [32117/14]
Thu, 17 Jul 2014
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General Practitioner Services
Pat Deering
669. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Health the general practitioners panels in County Carlow that are still able to accept new medical card patients onto their panel (details supplied). [32208/14]
Tue, 15 Jul 2014
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Teaching Qualifications
Pat Deering
302. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Education and Skills if for current B. Ed students completing their four-year degree course in 2016-17 whether their diploma will be included in their degree; and if not the reason for same in view of the number of weeks they spend teaching as part of the current course. [31354/14]
Tue, 15 Jul 2014
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Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
Pat Deering
355. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures being put in place to reduce the costs of doing business for small and medium enterprises; and the incentives in place to encourage new business set-ups. [31559/14]
Tue, 15 Jul 2014
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Work Placement Programmes
Pat Deering
374. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of Gateway places that have been allocated on a county basis; and the number of these places that have been filled by 1 July in tabular form. [31025/14]
Tue, 15 Jul 2014
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Local Authority Rates
Pat Deering
524. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of commercial rate collection in each local authority area in tabular form for each of the past three years. [31560/14]
Tue, 15 Jul 2014
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Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
Pat Deering
525. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if and when he will be allocating funding under the mid-term review of the rural water programme 2014. [31561/14]
Tue, 8 Jul 2014
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Education and Training Boards
Pat Deering
261. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used for short listing candidates for teaching positions in ETBs; and if he will indicate if this a centralised system for all ETBs. [29491/14]
Tue, 8 Jul 2014
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Electricity Transmission Network
Pat Deering
482. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the rights, if any, adjacent property owners have regarding ESB Networks running cables in front of or near their properties; if undergrounding such cables can be mandatory in order to minimise the visual damage done by such cables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29757/14]
Tue, 8 Jul 2014
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Electricity Transmission Network
Pat Deering
483. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to update the relevant sections of the Electricity (Supply) Act 1927 to give greater rights to landowners affected either directly or indirectly by works carried out by ESB Networks such as providing a supply to new one-off housing; and if his attention has been drawn to any court cases involving ESB Networks and private persons regarding the routing of overhead cables for one-off housing adversely affecting adjacent landowners. [29758/14]
Tue, 8 Jul 2014
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Hospital Services
Pat Deering
782. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a procedure carried out in St. James Hospital, Dublin. [29829/14]
Thu, 3 Jul 2014
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Commercial Rates
Pat Deering
85. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 24 June 2014, the form of wording that is necessary to prove that this child care facility has as its main object or objects a charitable purpose in order that it can qualify for the exemption. [28754/14]
Thu, 3 Jul 2014
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Better Energy Homes Scheme Administration
Pat Deering
135. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to dry rot problems emerging in attics of homes insulated by approved Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland contractors where there was inadequate cross ventilation; and the way he proposes to deal with the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28865/14]
Tue, 1 Jul 2014
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Minor Works Scheme Restoration
Pat Deering
169. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore the minor works grant in the forthcoming budget in view of the costs of routine repairs schools must carry out and the pressure the abolition of the minor works grant has placed on school finances. [27960/14]