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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Rental Accommodation Scheme
Joanna Tuffy
502 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of tenants transferred from rent supplement to the rental accommodation scheme by local authorities; if he will provide a breakdown by county or local authority and in particular regarding an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Rental Accommodation Scheme
Joanna Tuffy
501 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is expecting local authorities to take to assist those tenants on rent supplement that wish to move to the rental accommodation scheme, the onus not just being left on the tenant to source a landlord willing to enter this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Joanna Tuffy
777 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if the backlog of general practitioner referral letters for X-rays at Tallaght hospital, Dublin, has now been dealt with; the current waiting period for people awaiting X-ray results at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Public Sector Pay
Joanna Tuffy
92 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the number of public servants who earn salaries (details supplied) after 1 March 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Pilot Training Courses
Joanna Tuffy
274 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he is taking to assist 80 Irish trainee pilots currently stranded in Florida after their courses were cancelled due to a dispute between the Pilot Training College in County Waterford and the Florida Institute of Technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Human Rights Issues
Joanna Tuffy
77 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with the appropriate authorities the situation regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Invalidity Pension
Joanna Tuffy
230 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin and if she will expedite the matter.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Rent Supplement Scheme
Joanna Tuffy
282 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the amount of funding provided in respect of rent supplement for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Thu, 5 Jul 2012
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Waste Disposal
Joanna Tuffy
103 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) has notified customers of an increase in their bin collection charges, due to an increase in landfill levy by 30% from €50 to €65 per tonne from July 2012; if further attention has been drawn to these increases will place an additional strain on financially strapped families and old aged pensioners.
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Thu, 5 Jul 2012
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Waste Management
Joanna Tuffy
104 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding proposals to put in place a national household waste collection waiver system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Thu, 5 Jul 2012
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Social and Affordable Housing
Joanna Tuffy
107 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has issued any guidelines to local authorities in respect of local authority tenants who are married, separated and where one of the spouses is in need of separate accommodation; if there is any onus on the council to provide separate accommodation for the spouse concerned; if he has not issued guidance to local authorities on this issue; his plans to do so, to ensure sympathetic treatment of families in this situation by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Thu, 5 Jul 2012
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Anti-Social Behaviour
Joanna Tuffy
120 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he will to take to tackle anti-social behaviour problems, including an increase in physical violence, on our streets; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Thu, 5 Jul 2012
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Professional Qualifications
Joanna Tuffy
143 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health the procedures that are in place to give the appropriate recognition to persons who have qualified as physiotherapists in other EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Thu, 5 Jul 2012
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National Substance Misuse Strategy
Joanna Tuffy
148 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the recommendations of the National Substance Misuse Strategy Steering Group’s report on alcohol; if and when he will implement the recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Wed, 4 Jul 2012
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Local Authority Housing
Joanna Tuffy
179 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of funding provided for the construction of local authority housing in the State from 2008 to date in 2012; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of houses built in each local authority area during these dates; if an assessment has been carried out regarding future social housing needs; the projected number of local authority houses believed necessary by 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Wed, 4 Jul 2012
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Rental Accommodation Scheme
Joanna Tuffy
181 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of funding provided to fund the rental accommodation scheme from 2009 to date in 2012; the amount that will be required to fund this scheme up to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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Redundancy Payments
Joanna Tuffy
363 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a statutory redundancy case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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