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Tue, 30 Sep 2014
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Tax Reliefs Application
Noel Grealish
188. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance his views on introducing tax relief on repayments of approved loan products for students on graduate entry medicine programmes in the State; if legislation will be introduced to provide effect to this tax relief which will retain more GEM graduates here rather than heading overseas after graduation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36575/14]
Wed, 17 Sep 2014
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NAMA Property Sales
Noel Grealish
219. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance since the initiation of the National Asset Management Agency the number of properties put on the open market; the guide price for same; the amount for which they were actually sold; the number of properties that were sold without being put on the open market; the guide price for same; for properties sold without putting them on the open market, the reason they were sold without being placed on the open market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33441/14]
Thu, 3 Jul 2014
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Passport Services
Noel Grealish
29. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 17 June 2014, if any records of visas or stamps in temporary passports are retained or recorded by his Department before the temporary passports are destroyed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28751/14]
Thu, 3 Jul 2014
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Schools Building Projects Status
Noel Grealish
67. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a contact name within his Department to arrange a meeting to discuss works carried as part of the new school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28750/14]
Tue, 1 Jul 2014
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Banking Operations
Noel Grealish
114. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 30 April 2014, if he has received the additional information regarding indemnity bonds which the State supported banks were asked to provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27816/14]
Tue, 1 Jul 2014
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Medicinal Products Availability
Noel Grealish
572. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health the reason the medication Fampyra for multiple sclerosis, MS, sufferers has been removed from the long-term illness scheme; his plans to reinstate this drug on the long-term illness scheme, in view of its effectiveness in treating MS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28454/14]
Thu, 26 Jun 2014
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Teachers' Remuneration
Noel Grealish
78. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers working under the July provision are not paid until November; if any scheme is in place to give these teachers interim payments or if the July provision rules can be changed in order that teachers can be fully paid before the end of August; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27601/14]
Tue, 24 Jun 2014
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Beef Industry
Noel Grealish
414. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason all beef factories quote the same price with no price difference between them; the reason one company is allowed to have control of over 90% of the rendering industry, which means no competition and results in price decreases passed on for animals to the farmers from factories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26916/14]
Tue, 17 Jun 2014
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Passport Controls
Noel Grealish
127. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which temporary passports sent back to his Department (details supplied) are dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25580/14]
Tue, 17 Jun 2014
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Building Regulations Compliance
Noel Grealish
445. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 553 of 27 May 2014, if he will confirm that the decision rests with the local authority and that it can decide if its so wishes to accept the commencement notice and charge a relevant fee for same if this is the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25490/14]
Tue, 17 Jun 2014
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Citizenship Applications
Noel Grealish
545. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a child born here to non-Irish parents, who have not been lawfully resident here for three of the four years preceding their birth can apply for Irish citizenship at some point in the future having being born and lived for a set period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25657/14]
Tue, 17 Jun 2014
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HSE Funding
Noel Grealish
658. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health the amount of financial support provided by the Health Service Executive to the IMO, the Irish College of General Practitioners, Spunout.ie, Alcohol Action Ireland and Drugs.ie for each of the past four years, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; the amount allocated by the HSE to each of these bodies in the current year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25491/14]
Tue, 10 Jun 2014
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Insurance Industry
Noel Grealish
155. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 27 May 2014, regarding Setanta Insurance, the way he would envisage brokers having what he called a more active role in advising customers when brokers do not have access to the level of financial information to advise if a particular company is solvent; the way he would envisage brokers being able to provide a type of prudential service when regulators are in place for that purpose; if he will expand on his statement that caveat emptor should apply to the purchase of a financial services product when it is the regulatory framework which is supposed to protect consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24204/14]
Tue, 10 Jun 2014
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Irish Water Administration
Noel Grealish
382. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the water charges to be levied on private rental properties will be billed to the user or to the landlord; his views on the Water Services (No. 2) Act which states that it will be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that the owner of a premises is also the occupier, and in that scenario, if he will indicate the level of proof necessary to ensure that water charges are billed to the user in the same way as applies to other utilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24205/14]
Tue, 10 Jun 2014
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Animal Welfare
Noel Grealish
412. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any threats as per the Animal Welfare Bill to the welfare of dog breeds listed under the Control of Dogs Act regulations 1998; and if he will provide clarity on which pounds do and do not rehome or release the breeds listed in the aforementioned legislation. [24206/14]
Tue, 10 Jun 2014
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Hospice Services
Noel Grealish
459. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 10 April 2014, if funding to address the shortfall and capital funding for expansion to Galway Hospice in 2012 was put in place; if not, the reasons this funding was not put in place; the timeframe within which it will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24207/14]
Thu, 29 May 2014
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Insurance Industry Regulation
Noel Grealish
53. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if he or his officials have raised the issue of Setanta Insurance at EU level; if his Department is aware of the reason the Malta Financial Services Authority did not use the option of administration instead of liquidation, as was done here in the cases of Quinn Insurance, ICI and the PMPA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23552/14]
Thu, 29 May 2014
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Insurance Industry Regulation
Noel Grealish
54. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if he will meet with the Irish Brokers Association in relation to the issues surrounding the liquidation of Setanta Insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23553/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Schools Procurement Unit
Noel Grealish
262. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education and Skills the purpose of the new schools procurement unit officer role when schools are now prohibited from purchasing supplies from local shops and must instead purchase from central suppliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22840/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Lease Agreements
Noel Grealish
317. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the top 100 premises that the State is renting or leasing; the amount of rents paid for each of these premises per annum; the person to whom these rents are paid in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22841/14]