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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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School Curriculum
Regina Doherty
174 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on embedding information literacy in the national school curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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School Curriculum
Regina Doherty
175 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on embedding information literacy in the secondary school curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Information and Communications Technology
Regina Doherty
177 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the policy of implementing the smart school initiative that every classroom here is to get a teaching laptop, software and digital projector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Immigration Policy
Regina Doherty
342 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if, due to the current shortage of highly quality technological talent, he will review the current working visa permit system to help indigenous companies expand and develop; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Children’s Rights Referendum
Regina Doherty
436 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the definition of the best interests of the child as defined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is to be included in the wording of the children’s rightsr referendum; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Nursing Education
Regina Doherty
453 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the case of the nursing class of 2011 (details supplied), who were excluded from qualification payments as their exams were not graded until 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Health Promotion
Regina Doherty
525 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will act upon the recent report by the Food Safety Authority which has called for calorie counts to be displayed on menus in food service outlets such as restaurants, bars and cafés; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Value for Money Reviews
Regina Doherty
526 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if the recent value for money report has revealed any incidences in which moneys from the disability budget were diverted to pay staff rather than fund services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Wed, 4 Jul 2012
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Health Service Staff
Regina Doherty
236 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason an individual (details supplied) who retired from a senior position in St. Michael’s House in 2009, has been re-employed as a consultant with St. Michael’s House; the policy for re-employing former employees as contractors; the amount that this individual is being paid; the amount of work this person’s company is being given and awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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Tax Code
Regina Doherty
204 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider reviewing the VAT rate on educational books, in hard and soft copy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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School Curriculum
Regina Doherty
253 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider embedding information technology within the secondary school curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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School Textbooks
Regina Doherty
260 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to introduce the use of ebooks and digital facilities to ease the burden on parents buying new editions of books; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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Hospital Acquired Infections
Regina Doherty
640 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by hospitals and county in which there were positive test results for the Legionella bacteria in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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Job Protection
Regina Doherty
718 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the way that the implementation of a credit card format driving licence, to be introduced in 2013, will impact of the 4,000 people employed in the photo ID industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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