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Tue, 27 Nov 2012
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Bus Éireann Services
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
149. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the decision to cut bus routes is taken by the National Transport Authority, Bus Éireann or his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49429/12]
Tue, 27 Nov 2012
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Bus Éireann Services
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
161. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that Bus Éireann is no longer adhering to it's social charter and continues to cut bus routes in lower population areas, if he will consider selling it off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49428/12]
Tue, 20 Nov 2012
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Single Payment Scheme Payments
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
541. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are funds within his Department to make single farm payments; if he will confirm that he has had hundreds of calls to the disadvantaged payments section of his Department regarding the delay in payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51380/12]
Tue, 20 Nov 2012
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Domestic Violence Incidence
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
558. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason abused men who deal with an organisation (details supplied) are forced to deal with women when the women's refuge does not even let men near their building; her views on whether men with trust issues with women should have to endure this; her further views on whether the stigma attached to reporting is bad enough without this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50960/12]
Wed, 14 Nov 2012
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Health Services Provision
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
260. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has no allocated funding under the health care system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50333/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
104. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Social Protection the origins of the term "headline rates of social welfare" and the meaning of the term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50112/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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County and City Enterprise Boards Grants
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
430. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if it is realistic to expect the county enterprise boards to process the disbursement of grants to entrepreneurs in a time period of about six weeks or less, in view of the fact that the CEBs have to seek and access applications, approve applications at board level, potential clients have then to lodge three quotations for expenditure, secure bank finance, the CEBs have then to inspect purchases of equipment, draw the funds from his Department, and then send it on to successful clients, all to be completed by 15 December; if he will explain the reason that his Department has left it so late in the year to disburse funding to the CEBs when they were first asked for clarity of this funding in March and again in June; his further views on whether this is an efficient way to support organisations at the heart of job creation here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47878/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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Criminal Prosecutions
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
775. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have a criminal record for cannabis possession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47593/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
880. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers in special areas of conservation designated lands have any priority in accessing the agri-environmental options scheme; if so, the weighting that SAC status is given in assessing applicants; in view of the restrictions placed on farm activities in SAC designated lands and the high degree of investment that farmers had to make to comply with REP scheme criteria in the past, if he will consider giving a higher priority to those farmers who farm SAC lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47860/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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Bus Éireann Services
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
1210. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way we arrived at a situation where Bus Éireann no longer has to live up to a Public Service Requirement; the reason expressway bus routes were designated as commercial in the first instance and now that they are being abandoned on commercially criteria; what he will instruct Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority to replace them with; if he is satisfied with the fact that CIE and Bus Éiereann no longer live up to their mandates as providers of transport to all parts of our country, densely populated and sparsely populated alike; his views on whether the reduction in services provided by Bus Éireann in particular contribute to the decline of life in rural communities and smaller towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47869/12]
Wed, 24 Oct 2012
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Asylum Seeker Accommodation
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
19. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider postponing the closure of Lisbrook House, County Galway; if his attention has been drawn to the long term effects of closing this facility; his views on whether moving families to new locations will impact negatively on the education and development of children of asylum seekers, persons who in many cases have been uprooted and moved already; if he will consider closing the direct provision of accommodation and allow asylum seekers to acquire their own accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46306/12]
Wed, 24 Oct 2012
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Public Sector Staff Remuneration
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
76. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what the savings to the Exchequer would be if all civil and public servants had their salaries capped at €80,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46647/12]
Wed, 24 Oct 2012
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Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Eligibility
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
92. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon who has been refused the back to school clothing and footwear scheme allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46629/12]
Wed, 24 Oct 2012
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Turbary Rights
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
160. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No.182 of 17 of October 2012, if he will provide figures, on a bog by bog basis, of those who have actually received compensation for loss of turf cutting rights on bogs classified as special areas of conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46648/12]
Wed, 24 Oct 2012
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Medicinal Products Licensing
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
231. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the reason this country needs to put cannabis based medicines of which Sativex is one such brand through clinical trials when the products are already clinically approved by the Mutual Recognition Procedure which operates throughout Europe; if the Irish Medicines Board has already approved such medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46550/12]
Tue, 23 Oct 2012
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Birth Certificates Administration
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
334. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to include for the registration of deaths of Irish citizens abroad; her plans to do so, and, when might such amendments may be likely; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45887/12]
Tue, 23 Oct 2012
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Semi-State Bodies Mergers
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
704. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the administration costs of CIE and Bus Éireann; the percentage of their total budget in administrative costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45638/12]
Tue, 23 Oct 2012
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Public Transport Provision
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
705. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the decision to cut bus routes is taken by him, The National Transport Authority or Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45726/12]
Thu, 18 Oct 2012
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Medical Card Applications
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
228. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he will consider granting a medical card to a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45468/12]
Thu, 18 Oct 2012
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Medical Products
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
241. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the reason it is expected to take at least 18 months to bring legislation to Dáil Éireann for the introduction of cannabis based medicine for the relief of pain for certain ailments such as multiple sclerosis, glaucoma and others; if it is necessary to run clinical trials when the medicine has already been tested and approved in the UK and Belgium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45541/12]