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Thu, 27 Sep 2012
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Primary Care Centres Provision
Peadar Tóibín
68. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the progress made, if any, in the development of primary care centres in each case at Kells, Laytown/Bettystown and Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41005/12]
Wed, 26 Sep 2012
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Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Capital
Peadar Tóibín
46. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the amount of funding held within the Strategic Investment Funds; the level of fund earmarked for particular projects; and the amount of funds spent to date from the SIF on infrastructure projects. [40796/12]
Tue, 25 Sep 2012
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Departmental Agencies Issues
Peadar Tóibín
171. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the size and strength of the Industrial Development Agency mission to Australia in terms of funds, personnel and offices. [40296/12]
Tue, 25 Sep 2012
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Job Creation
Peadar Tóibín
176. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide each jobs announcement welcomed by his Department since August 2009, the numbers employed by the relevant company at that time, the expected increase in employment at the time of announcement, and the numbers employed in each company at August 2012.
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012
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Job Creation
Peadar Tóibín
177. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide each jobs announcement supported by the Industrial Development Agency since August 2009, the numbers employed by the relevant company at that time, the expected increase in employment at the time of announcement, and the numbers employed in each company at August 2012. [40395/12]
Tue, 25 Sep 2012
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Job Creation
Peadar Tóibín
178. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide each jobs announcement supported by Enterprise Ireland since August 2009, the numbers employed by the relevant company at that time, the expected increase in employment at the time of announcement, and the numbers employed in each company at August 2012. [40396/12]
Tue, 25 Sep 2012
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Job Vacancies
Peadar Tóibín
179. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a projection of the number of posts that will be filled by recruits from here to the jobs recently announced by Electronic Arts in Galway. [40397/12]
Tue, 25 Sep 2012
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Job Vacancies
Peadar Tóibín
180. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the number of unemployed people with the necessary skills to fill the new posts announced by Electronic Arts in Galway. [40398/12]
Tue, 25 Sep 2012
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Job Creation
Peadar Tóibín
181. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide for each jobs announcement supported by the Industrial Development Agency since August 2009, the cost of that support and the cost per additional job realised to the IDA. [40399/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Local Authority Housing Insurance
Peadar Tóibín
1024. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which local authority tenants are unable to get house insurance because they are not owners of the dwelling; if his further attention has been drawn to the anomaly whereby local authority tenants are liable for non-structural damage including burst pipes but because they cannot get house insurance they are liable for severe costs should damage occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37028/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Garda Resources
Peadar Tóibín
1164. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the staffing levels at a Garda station (details supplied) in County Westmeath as of 15 July; his plans for the staffing levels at the station; if there has been any reduction in Garda vehicles in the area; if Garda vehicles have been given a larger area of responsibility; his plans for Garda stations at Finea and Rathowen, County Westmeath. [37159/12]
Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Cross-Border Training Initiatives
Peadar Tóibín
139 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the potential savings that can be made through the implementation of joint training courses for the unemployed in Border areas which are tailored to specific sectorial needs and potential growth areas.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Higher Education Institutions
Peadar Tóibín
233 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the potential savings that can be made through enhanced co-operation and sharing of resources between higher education institutions North and South.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Public Procurement
Peadar Tóibín
284 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his assessment of the potential savings that can be made through an all-island approach to the procurement and tendering for the supply of Government goods and services.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Cross-Border Enterprise Initiatives
Peadar Tóibín
318 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the potential savings that can be made through an all-island approach to economic development and job creation.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Cross-Border Training Initiatives
Peadar Tóibín
319 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the potential savings that can be made through the implementation of joint promotion of labour activation measures which are tailored to specific sectorial needs and potential growth areas.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Irish Language
Peadar Tóibín
409 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the potential savings that can be made through the implementation of an all-island Irish language strategy.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Single Energy Market
Peadar Tóibín
438 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the potential savings that can be made through an all-island approach to energy provision.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Water Services
Peadar Tóibín
541 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the potential savings that can be made through an all-island approach to water treatment.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Homelessness Strategy
Peadar Tóibín
542 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the potential savings that can be made through an all-island approach to homelessness.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Peadar Tóibín
624 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the potential savings that can be made through an all-island approach to policing and community safety.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Health Service Reform
Peadar Tóibín
797 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the potential savings that can be made through all-island approaches to healthcare in orthopaedic surgery, ear, nose and throat surgery, paediatric cardiac surgery, cystic fibrosis, acute mental health services, cross-Border out of hours general practitioner services and emergency services.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Tourism Promotion
Peadar Tóibín
808 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the potential savings that can be made through the implementation of an all-island tourism promotion and marketing strategy.
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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Íocaíochtaí Deontas
Peadar Tóibín
2 Deputy Peadar Tóibín den an Aire Ealaíon; Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an féidir leis an Aire a dheimhniú go mbeidh na deontais reáchtála a íoctar leis na comharchumainn Ghaeltachta ar an leibhéal céanna an bhliain seo chugainn nó níos airde i bhfianaise an ualaigh breise oibre a bheidh orthu ó thaobh pleanáil teanga de. [35035/12]
Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
Peadar Tóibín
22
D’fhiafraigh Peadar Tóibín den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén uair a fhoilseofar an t-athbhreithniú ar Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla.
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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National Cultural Institutions
Peadar Tóibín
33 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the fact that the recent Euro Barometer Aggregate Report 2011 on Well Being ranks culture as number 8 out of 9 factors that contribute to well-being alongside the economy, civic life and the environment, his plans to ensure that culture and heritage is utilised to transform our cities and towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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Capital Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
122 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of capital spending by the Exchequer for each of the last ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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Capital Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
123 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated total level of capital spending by the Exchequer for 2012.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare
Peadar Tóibín
37 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the report commissioned by Mandate Trade Union, Decent Work; the impact of recession on low paid workers and if she will request the Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare to give specific attention to the issue of precarious work as recommended by that report.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Social Welfare Appeals
Peadar Tóibín
57 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take, legislative or otherwise, to ensure that the social welfare appeals office publishes its decisions in a suitably anonymised format.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Disability Allowance
Peadar Tóibín
348 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons within the appeals process with regards disability allowance applications and all other social protection allowances; the average wait time for these appeals; the longest wait times; and if the practice of giving updates on decisions of the appeals to Deputies has changed.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Act na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
Peadar Tóibín
417
D’fhiafraigh Peadar Tóibín den Aire Cumarsáide, Fuinnimh agus Acmhainní Nádúrtha ag féachaint don dualgas atá ar Electric Ireland faoi Act na dTeangacha Oifigiúla seirbhís a thabhairt trí Ghaeilge cén fáth nach bhfuil an tseirbhís sin ag feidhmiú (sonraí tugtha).
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Rural Development Programme
Peadar Tóibín
469 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Meath.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Non-Principal Private Residence Charge
Peadar Tóibín
471 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons that are paying the non-principal private residence charge who own one house only.
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Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Job Creation
Peadar Tóibín
2 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation in view of the 14.9% unemployment rate for the month of June, the effect this may have on his plans to create 100,000 additional jobs. [34247/12]
Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Credit Availability
Peadar Tóibín
5 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the steps taken by him to address the issues of credit within the small and medium enterprise sector. [34248/12]
Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Credit Guarantee Scheme
Peadar Tóibín
22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the credit guarantee scheme will be in place.
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Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Credit Guarantee Scheme
Peadar Tóibín
24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he believes the first guarantees will be issued to business through the credit guarantee scheme.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Departmental Functions
Peadar Tóibín
29 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the dialogue between her and the Department of Justice and Equality regarding the transfer of certain youth justice functions to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Children and Family Services
Peadar Tóibín
60 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of evaluation that will take place of the two pilot projects providing out of hours social work assistance to children; and the timeframe during which this will take place.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Departmental Correspondence
Peadar Tóibín
196 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider reopening the issues in respect of a person (details supplied) if he became aware of additional or new information on the case.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Turbary Rights
Peadar Tóibín
296 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding turf cutting harvesting rights in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Fermanagh; when a date will issue for an appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Turbary Rights
Peadar Tóibín
297 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the panel for hearing and determining appeals on turf cutting and harvesting rights will begin its work; when appeals will be heard; when will appellants be advised of their appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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National Museum
Peadar Tóibín
298 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an inventory of all historical objects that are held my State museums which have their origins in County Meath.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Crime Levels
Peadar Tóibín
352 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the total number of crimes committed, prosecutions and convictions in the Castlepollard area, County Westmeath, or closest geographical area for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will also provide a breakdown of the figures showing the incidence of each type of crime in the same region over the same time span.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Medical Cards
Peadar Tóibín
501 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the reason the persons are not allowed to know the reason they are being refused a medical card.
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Thu, 5 Jul 2012
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Banks Recapitalisation
Peadar Tóibín
19 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he has secured a commitment from the European Council that any agreement on ESM funds being used to directly recapitalise banks would be applied retrospectively to Irish bank recapitalisations and if so to which recapitalisations and on what terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Wed, 4 Jul 2012
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Public Sector Pay
Peadar Tóibín
32 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the saving to the public sector pay bill if all public service pay was capped at €100,000.
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Wed, 4 Jul 2012
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Public Sector Pay
Peadar Tóibín
38 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in a tabular form, the number of instances that each Department has submitted to him a request and/or business case for an increased pay level for a public servant, adviser or commercial State company CEO.
[32379/12]
Wed, 4 Jul 2012
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Peadar Tóibín
95 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in counties Cavan and Monaghan that are above the recommended pupil-teacher ratio at both primary and second level; if he will provide the details of schools above the recommended pupil-teacher ratio for each of the past five years in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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