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Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Administration
Pádraig MacLochlainn
106. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the statistics relating to the implementation of recommendations made by GSOC by the Garda Commissioner. [47415/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Administration
Pádraig MacLochlainn
107. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of the recommendations made to the Garda Commissioner by GSOC that are not implemented that is figures since the inception of GSOC. [47416/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Liquor Licensing Laws
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
108. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of test purchases which have been carried out under section 14 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008 in the years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [47417/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Visa Agreements
Pat Breen
109. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ease visa restrictions between Ireland and Georgia; her plans to waiver visas for diplomatic passports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47421/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
Pádraig MacLochlainn
110. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for an application to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal to be processed. [47439/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Public Procurement Contracts Data
Mick Wallace
111. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details on all contracts awarded by the Irish Prison Service to building consultants and firms over the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47456/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Public Procurement Contracts Data
Mick Wallace
112. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details on the firm awarded the winning tender for the redevelopment of Limerick prison; if she will provide details on the value of the contract in question and the criteria for its award; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47457/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Fuel Oil Specifications
Denis Naughten
113. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints of petrol stretching received by the Garda districts in counties Mayo, Roscommon-Longford, Galway and Sligo-Leitim respectively in each of the months since June 2014; the position regarding these complaints; the number that have been investigated resulting in a person being charged or a file being forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47463/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Penalty Points System
Patrick O'Donovan
114. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 494 of 26 November, 2013 and No. 558 of 18 February 2014 if the Garda authorities have now finalised a reply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47464/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Crime Prevention
Michael McGrath
115. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to deal with the issue of petrol stretching; if any convictions have yet been secured against those involved in the practice; the potential penalties that apply on conviction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47475/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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State Bodies Mergers
Seán Fleming
116. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the proposed merger of the Property Registration Authority, the Valuation Office and Ordnance Survey Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47483/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Peadar Tóibín
117. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to include infant mortalities, adoption practices, vaccine trials and medical experimentation, forced labour and incarceration of unmarried girls and women who gave birth to babies or were seen to be at risk of becoming mothers, conditions in the institutions, including neglect, denial of adequate medical care and cruel punishment of unmarried mothers and their infants and children, burials of unmarried mothers and their children and other women who remained in carceral institutions, from 1922, in the Commission of Investigation into matters relating to Mother and Baby Homes terms of reference. [47377/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Medical Records
Bernard Durkan
118. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if and when a primary medical certificate will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47363/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Audiology Services Provision
Barry Cowen
119. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the continuing rise and current three year waiting list in the audiology department, Health Service Executive for Offaly-Laois area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47368/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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HSE Funding
Terence Flanagan
120. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47374/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Patient Transport Provision
Ciara Conway
121. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who sought to avail of hospital transport was deemed not eligible for the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47376/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Drug Treatment Programmes Places
Maureen O'Sullivan
122. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 615 of 15 July 2014 if he will provide figures of the amount and location of detox beds that are designated solely for drug rehabilitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47382/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Hospital Appointments Administration
Pat Breen
123. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47384/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Health Services Provision
Jerry Buttimer
124. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the provision of clinical and laboratory genetic services continue to be provided on a national basis, similar to that as currently provided by the national centre for medical genetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47386/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Health Services Staff
Derek Nolan
125. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, by year, from 2009 to date in 2014, the reductions in occupational health therapy posts; the reasons for the reductions; his plans to increase the posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47390/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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HSE Staff Remuneration
Niall Collins
126. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will review the pension case in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24, noting the stated view of the Pensions Ombudsman that misadministration was involved and has created financial hardship for the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47418/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Hospital Services
Niall Collins
127. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the schedule being followed in respect of development of the proposed ambulatory care centre at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47419/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Medical Records
James Bannon
128. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a primary medical certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47422/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Hospitals Funding
Ruth Coppinger
129. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if demographic trends were considered when allocating resources for Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital for 2014 in view of demographic trends in similar jurisdictions that result in increased demands for in-patient treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47437/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Home Help Service Provision
Dan Neville
130. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47438/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Medical Card Administration
Dara Calleary
131. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the arrangements for the implementation of the new medical card guidelines as announced by him on 25 November 2014; when the new arrangements will take effect at local level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47443/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Maternity Services
Dara Calleary
132. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the actions he has taken in view of a recent inquest (details supplied) in County Sligo; if he will meet the family of the deceased to hear their concerns at first hand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47444/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Dental Services Provision
Brian Walsh
133. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Galway may be considered for urgent dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47450/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Hospital Staff
Anthony Lawlor
134. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Health further to the lifting of the embargo on recruitment in the public sector by him if that decision will facilitate the transfer of Health Service Executive staff between hospitals, particularly within hospital groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47459/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Respite Care Services
Finian McGrath
135. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will support respite services at a special school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47460/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Hospital Appointments Administration
Willie Penrose
136. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health if he will take steps to expedite a neurological procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47468/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Nursing Staff Provision
Seán Kyne
137. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health if an additional 0.5 nursing resource allocation will be approved to University Hospital Galway to ensure the provision of the insulin pump treatment for GUH paediatric diabetic service to make the best possible use of the recently approved 0.5 senior dietetic post which forms part of this important service [47469/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Hospital Consultant Recruitment
Tony McLoughlin
138. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Health the reason there has been such a long delay in adding another paediatric urologist position at Crumlin Hospital, Dublin, as currently there is only one full time practitioner in the entire country; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are currently waiting lists of over two years for children with hyposadias cases; his plans to bring these waiting lists down in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47472/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Seán Fleming
139. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the routine out-patient waiting list at St James Hospital, Dublin 8; the number of persons waiting more than three months, more than six months, more than 12 months, more than two years, more than three years and longer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47473/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Hospital Appointments Administration
Robert Troy
140. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite admission to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47478/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Primary Care Centres Provision
Martin Heydon
141. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a primary care centre (details supplied) that is planned for an area in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47486/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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National Dementia Strategy Publication
Derek Nolan
142. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the national dementia strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47487/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Respite Care Services
Finian McGrath
143. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding respite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47498/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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School Transport Fees
James Bannon
144. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a school transport refund will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47423/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Employment Data
Bernard Durkan
145. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons currently involved in retraining-upskilling schemes; the number of job placements achieved arising from such schemes over the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47336/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Schools Data
Dessie Ellis
146. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children attending primary schools in Ballymun, Dublin 11; and if she will provide in tabular form the absentee rates for the years 2010 onwards. [47358/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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School Accommodation
Dessie Ellis
147. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for an Educate Together secondary school in Ballymun, Dublin 11. [47359/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Gender Balance
Ruth Coppinger
148. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she will implement to bring a higher representation of women in senior positions in the universities and institutes of technology. [47387/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Gender Balance
Ruth Coppinger
149. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the Higher Education Authority's report Gender and Academic Staff (details supplied). [47388/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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State Examinations Reviews
Clare Daly
150. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way teachers correcting their own students work will improve further the learning experience at second level and the educational rationale underpinning it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47429/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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State Examinations Reviews
Clare Daly
151. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has costed the additional infrastructure needed for schools to store examination materials securely; if her Department has carried out a cost benefit analysis on the proposed changes to the junior certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47430/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Teacher Training Provision
Clare Daly
152. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to have resources and training to support the proposed changes in each subject area and that these resources are available to all schools in each educational sector so all our students will have equal opportunity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47431/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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State Examinations Appeals
Clare Daly
153. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals at junior certificate level in the years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [47432/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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State Examinations Reviews
Clare Daly
154. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the cost of the new junior certificate will be reduced from its current level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47433/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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State Examinations Reviews
Clare Daly
155. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated financial saving from having teachers correct their own students work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47434/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Education and Training Boards Administration
Clare Daly
156. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the extended executive powers of chief executives of education and training boards; her further views on having so much power vested in one person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47435/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Education and Training Boards Administration
Clare Daly
157. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on circular letters and directives from her Department that may be interpreted differently by chief executives in the 16 education and training boards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47436/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
Terence Flanagan
158. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student universal support Ireland grant in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47453/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Commemorative Plaques
Anne Ferris
159. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding the new development programme for a national memorial to the victims of institutional abuse and the progress regarding same memorial since last November when An Bord Pleanála refused permission for the first planning application by Dublin City Council; if consideration will be provided to the idea of the late campaigner (details supplied) for the memorial to be located as near as possible to the GPO to reflect the wording of the Irish Proclamation regarding the cherishing of the nation's children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47477/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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School Accommodation
Patrick O'Donovan
160. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding for the rental of temporary accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47491/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Air Pollution
Tom Fleming
161. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on recent recordings of air pollution levels by University College Cork centre of research into atmospheric chemistry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47366/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Waste Management
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
162. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the details of regulation and disposal of clinical nuclear waste in private hospitals here; the protocols surrounding disposal of radioactive waste after operations in private hospitals; the persons who monitor the disposal of such waste and the following of radioactive protocols; if these procedures are being followed for disposal of radioactive waste in all private hospitals here; the way this is monitored by his Department; if there have been failures to follow such procedures in private hospitals and if he will provide details of these; the level of radioactive procedures that are allowed for; the type of procedures that are included; if his attention has been drawn to private hospitals that have not registered certain operations; if hospitals have concealed that operations had taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47484/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Departmental Funding
Mary Lou McDonald
163. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 344 of 1 April 2014, if he will provide an update on discussions between his Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding enhanced redundancy payments in the community and voluntary sector; and if there are proposals for legislation or new regulations to govern this area. [47369/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Local Authority Funding
Derek Nolan
164. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if Galway County Council has applied for funding to renovate a vacant unit (details provided) in County Galway; if any such funds have been drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47385/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Air Pollution
Tom Fleming
165. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on recent recordings of air pollution levels (details supplied) by University College of Cork centre of research in atmosphere chemistry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47392/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Irish Water Administration
Paul Murphy
166. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the sources of information Irish Water has used to compile name and address information for its customers. [47425/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Enterprise Support Schemes
Jerry Buttimer
167. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the supports available to businesses to develop innovative websites to enable growth of online trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47362/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Tourism Promotion
Catherine Murphy
168. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is his Department's intention to increase the tourism potential of the Liffey Valley amenity area; the deliberations he or his predecessor has had with interested parties regarding this; if his Department has had any contact with the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs with respect to the tourist potential of establishing a national park in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47370/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Driver Licences
Ruth Coppinger
169. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a national driving licence service centre for the Dublin 7 and Dublin 15 areas. [47428/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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National Car Test
Patrick O'Donovan
170. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions in place to ensure a person who is awaiting a national car test, which was booked on 16 November 2014 but will not be taken until 30 January 2015 due to a backlog, is not issued penalty points considering the persons NCT certificate is due to expire on 1 January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47451/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Driving Test Regulations
Denis Naughten
171. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a driving test exemption for farmers who hold a full car or jeep and trailer licence for more than ten years but did not hold it prior to the 1989 regulations coming into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47461/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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VAT Exemptions
Seán Kyne
172. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the recent measure by the UK Government to provide mountain rescue teams with a rebate on VAT which is a way of alleviating the burden of VAT on the teams while still complying with the EU laws pertaining to VAT. [47471/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Cultural Policy
Noel Grealish
173. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding the Government's commitment to Ireland hosting the European Capital of Culture in 2020; if she will issue a national call for submissions before the 31 December 2014 deadline specified in legislation passed by the European Parliament in April 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47480/14]