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Tue, 23 Apr 2013
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Hospital Waiting Lists
John McGuinness
672. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a bed will be provided as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [19143/13]
Thu, 18 Apr 2013
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Departmental Staff Training
John McGuinness
6. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the provision of individual coaching to senior civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17863/13]
Thu, 18 Apr 2013
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Medical Card Applications
John McGuinness
251. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued to a child (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [18194/13]
Wed, 17 Apr 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Reform
John McGuinness
29. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on any changes he plans for means testing third level financial supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17547/13]
Wed, 17 Apr 2013
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Croke Park Agreement Issues
John McGuinness
37. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the impact of the recent Croke Park agreement on the education budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17548/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Tax Code
John McGuinness
362. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance the number of revenue appeals, if any, that remain unresolved for periods in excess of ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17683/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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IBRC Liquidation
John McGuinness
363. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if the appointment of the special liquidator to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation was in strict accordance with procurement law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17684/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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School Staffing
John McGuinness
488. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in the case of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [17657/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Appeals
John McGuinness
489. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow has been approved by Student Universal Support Ireland. [17658/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Applications
John McGuinness
490. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application to Student Universal Support Ireland will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [17659/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Invalidity Pension Appeals
John McGuinness
694. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decison will be made on an appeal for invalidy pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17646/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Invalidity Pension Appeals
John McGuinness
701. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension now under appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be expedited and approved. [17655/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Departmental Properties
John McGuinness
968. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the body responsible for the legal due diligence on the lease of the planned probation service building on Wolfe Tone Street, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17641/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Hospital Waiting Lists
John McGuinness
1178. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early date for a procedure will be arranged as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will explain the delay in dealing with such urgent cases [16430/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Home Help Service Provision
John McGuinness
1208. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if home help hours will be restored in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite a positive response. [16621/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Hospital Waiting Lists
John McGuinness
1327. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has been waiting four years for an operation; and if he wil expedite an early response. [17615/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Medical Card Applications
John McGuinness
1331. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the matter [17662/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Home Help Service Provision
John McGuinness
1332. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the home help hours will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite a review of this case [17663/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Health Services Access
John McGuinness
1333. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the expected waiting time for those children on the paediatric waiting list for assessment in the Health Service Executive South; his plans, if any, to reduce or eliminate the waiting list; his views on a case (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [17664/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Medical Card Appeals
John McGuinness
1334. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card now under appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited and approved as a matter of urgency. [17665/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Medical Card Applications
John McGuinness
1335. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to previous Parliamentary questions regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, if he will insist on the special circumstances of the case being examined with a view to granting them a medical card [17666/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Health Services Provision
John McGuinness
1336. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the plan of care which has been put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17667/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Health Services Provision
John McGuinness
1337. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the fair deal scheme will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite a response [17668/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Hospital Waiting Lists
John McGuinness
1338. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early date for heart surgery will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will expedite the matter [17669/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Medical Card Applications
John McGuinness
1340. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the status of an application for a general practitioner-only medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite a positive response. [17671/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Hospital Waiting Lists
John McGuinness
1341. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early date for a heart operation will be set in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford [17672/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Medical Card Applications
John McGuinness
1342. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited and approved based on their financial circumstances and need [17673/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Driver Licences
John McGuinness
1354. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are controls in place to prevent persons from making multiple applications to different authorities for driving licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17675/13]
Thu, 28 Mar 2013
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Northern Ireland Issues
John McGuinness
36. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the further talks he has held with the Northern Executive regarding the flag protests in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15601/13]
Wed, 27 Mar 2013
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Tourism Promotion
John McGuinness
13. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he will use the tourism marketing fund to support international marketing and advertising programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15259/13]
Wed, 27 Mar 2013
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Road Maintenance
John McGuinness
57. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he will help to provide assistance for emergency road repairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15268/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Milk Quota Purchases
John McGuinness
132. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to address the current legal situation in regulations 9 and 10 of 227/2208 which allows milk quota to be sold without land to another farmer whose farm is incorporated, allowing milk quota to move between regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14656/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Aquaculture Development
John McGuinness
142. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the policy directions given to Bord Iascaigh Mhara by him on the development of aquaculture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14731/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Appeals
John McGuinness
231. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal for a grant for Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [14810/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Appeals
John McGuinness
245. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application to Student Universal Support Ireland now under appeal to the students grants appeals board in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be expedited and approved in view of the hardship of the case. [14876/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Legal Matters
John McGuinness
429. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, for the period since the introduction of the new firearms licensing regime, the total forecast to the State of the High Court Judicial Review held before Mr. Justice Hedigan in early 2012, including both the State's own legal costs and the legal costs of all 168 applicants for which the State accepted liability; the total forecast cost to the State of all appeals to the courts against refusal decisions by gardaí to grant restricted firearms certificates, including the direct legal costs of the State and the appellants' legal costs that where awarded against the State; and the total estimated cost of all Garda time in processing and providing backup to the failed legal actions. [14875/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Home Help Service Provision
John McGuinness
510. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be restored as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14720/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
John McGuinness
585. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a below the knee prosthesis will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [15323/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Hospital Waiting Lists
John McGuinness
586. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1023 of 16 January 2013, the position regarding surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [15324/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Hospital Waiting Lists
John McGuinness
587. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a hernia operation will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [15325/13]
Thu, 21 Mar 2013
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Quinn Insurance Limited
John McGuinness
26. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance when he will be in a position to provide an update regarding the cost of the collapse of Quinn Insurance; if he is reviewing the operation of the insurance compensation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14047/13]
Thu, 21 Mar 2013
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Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
John McGuinness
134. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for supplementary welfare allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14444/13]
Wed, 20 Mar 2013
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HSE Regional Service Plans
John McGuinness
109. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the way the recently published Health Service Executive regional plans will help older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13864/13]
Wed, 20 Mar 2013
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Special Educational Needs Services Provision
John McGuinness
268. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if resource hours will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact that they have dyspraxia; if he will expedite this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13950/13]
Wed, 20 Mar 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Delays
John McGuinness
269. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite approval of two grant applications to Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Wexford based on the up-to-date information provided. [13952/13]
Wed, 20 Mar 2013
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Law Society Complaints Mechanisms
John McGuinness
393. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence sent to him by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if further regulation or legislation is required to deal with the issue raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13949/13]
Wed, 20 Mar 2013
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Mobility Allowance Applications
John McGuinness
522. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health in view of his recent decision, if he will confirm the status of an application for mobility allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [13893/13]
Wed, 20 Mar 2013
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Medical Card Appeals
John McGuinness
533. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a medical card application will be reviewed as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will expedite the matter. [13948/13]
Thu, 14 Mar 2013
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Defence Forces Deployment
John McGuinness
24. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the Defence Forces mission in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13270/13]
Wed, 13 Mar 2013
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
John McGuinness
88. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the pupil teacher ratio at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny is maintained in view of the rural nature of the school and the serious difficulty the loss of a teacher would cause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13428/13]