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Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Inland Fisheries Issues
Patrick O'Donovan
343. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will arrange to have a detailed reply compiled.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41354/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Fisheries Protection
John Deasy
344. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if the review on the status of the eel here and across Europe under the 2007 EU Eel regulation has been completed; if he will indicate the status of the eel stock here and the potential for commercial fishing in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41365/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Telecommunications Services Provision
Regina Doherty
345. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the reason Irish pre pay mobile phone customers are paying up to 42% more than the European average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41373/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Departmental Staff Remuneration
Michael Creed
346. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in his Department; the business case made by his Department in respect of these allowances to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; the cost of each individual allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41409/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Broadcasting Service Provision
Ciara Conway
347. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the options or remedies available to a person (details supplied ) in County Waterford in view of the fact that this is one of the areas that is unable to receive a Saorview signal, taking into account that this person does not wish to purchase multichannel satellite or cable based TV packages [41451/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Gas and Electricity Disconnections
Simon Harris
348. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the level of price reduction expected for a three person family in typical accommodation as a result of the completion of the cross channel interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41564/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Broadband Services Provision
Catherine Murphy
349. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the progress of the broadband for schools scheme; the number of schools who have received high school broadband to date as part of the scheme; the number of schools still waiting for access; when he anticipates the roll out of the scheme will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41622/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Broadband Services Speeds
Tony McLoughlin
350. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether it is vitally important to have in place high quality broadband at Carraroe, County Sligo, where there is a high level of retail activity and small and medium enterprises located in County Sligo; the reason Eircom is not proceeding to activate from their exchange at Carraroe; if the communications regulator is aware of the lack of proper broadband at this industrialised area of County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41693/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Broadcasting Service Provision
Michael Healy-Rae
351. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding TV reception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41695/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Hydraulic Fracturing Licence Applications
Terence Flanagan
352. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he will respond to a query (details supplied) regarding fracking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41810/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Telecommunications Services Provision
Patrick O'Donovan
353. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the cost of installing a Metropolitan Area Network cable for broadband services in Newcastle West, County Limerick; the operating structure of the MAN; the numbers of businesses and others whose broadband service is provided in Newcastle West through the MAN.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41876/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Broadcasting Service Provision
Dominic Hannigan
354. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the plans there are to offer the RTÉ television channels across other territories to enable persons from Ireland that have moved abroad to watch them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41906/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Departmental Staff Rehiring
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
355. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he will list all the current positions, where the appointment was made by his Department held by retired senior civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42662/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Proposed Legislation
Anne Ferris
356. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans to reform the laws governing rights of way in view of the recent High Court ruling involving an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41429/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Nitrates Usage
Michael McCarthy
357. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the stance taken by the European Commissioner for the Environment in response to written question E-9725/2010 regarding the extension of the slurry season in Ireland into the closed period because of poor growth rates, and regarding the consequences of frequent occurrence of heavy rainfall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41448/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Nitrates Usage
Michael McCarthy
358. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his views regarding the setback distances for chemical fertilisers and exemptions from the larger buffer distances that apply when spreading organic fertilizer or soiled water adjacent to sources of water for human consumption, 200/100/25 metres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41449/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Referendum Expenditure
John Lyons
359. Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if in the interest of fairness he will work with his ministerial colleagues to prioritise the appointment of those on the live register to posts in voting and count centres for the upcoming referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41949/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Water Meters Installation
Terence Flanagan
360. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government when he expects the specification to be ready for the type of water meter to be rolled out nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41232/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Local Authority Housing Rents
Éamon Ó Cuív
361. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans to change the terms of the shared ownership option schemes, in view of the fact that persons are now paying very high rent on the rental part of their property and also have large repayments on the purchase part of these properties that are only a fraction of the value they were at the time of purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41240/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Motor Tax Yield
Pearse Doherty
362. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will set out in tabular form, the motor tax received in each of the years 2007 to date in 2012, in total and to break down the tax received by band. [41271/12]