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Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Illness Benefit Eligibility
Gerry Adams
744. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has decided to withdraw disability benefit payment to persons who take up addiction rehabilitation as part of a community employment scheme; when this decision was made; the savings made as a result of this cut; and the assessments carried out to determine the effect this cut will have on the amount of drug misusers taking up special community employment rehabilitation. [38167/12]
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Departmental Staff Training
Gerry Adams
784. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money spent on an annual basis on education and training of staff in 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff that availed of each course; and if she will provide a list of the courses staff undertook and the cost of each course per person. [38491/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Departmental Staff Training
Gerry Adams
933. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of money spent on an annual basis on education and training of staff in 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff that availed of each course; if he will provide a list of the courses staff undertook and the cost of each course per person. [38479/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Broadband Services Provision
Gerry Adams
982. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if the targets contained in the recently published national broadband plan for 30MB broadband speed across rural Ireland involves fibre connectivity as opposed to mobile broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38422/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Broadband Services Provision
Gerry Adams
983. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the way he will assess where there has been market failure in the provision of high speed broadband in rural Ireland; if this process has already begun; if any specific areas in County Louth have been identified where the market has failed to provide adequate high speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38423/12]
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Broadband Services Provision
Gerry Adams
984. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if the towns of County Louth will be included in the 50% of the population to which he is aiming to deliver 70 - 100MB broadband speeds by 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38424/12]
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Broadband Services Provision
Gerry Adams
985. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of the population of County Louth that currently have access to broadband speeds in excess of 70MB and the way this compare to the average across the State. [38425/12]
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Departmental Staff Training
Gerry Adams
987. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money spent on an annual basis on education and training of staff in 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff that availed of each course; if he will provide a list of the courses staff undertook and the cost of each course per person. [38481/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Departmental Staff Training
Gerry Adams
1099. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the amount of money spent on an annual basis on education and training of staff in 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff that availed of each course; if he will provide a list of the courses staff undertook and the cost of each course per person. [38484/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Departmental Staff Training
Gerry Adams
1241. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money spent on an annual basis on education and training of staff in 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff that availed of each course; if he will provide a list of the courses staff undertook and the cost of each course per person. [38489/12]
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Departmental Staff Training
Gerry Adams
1332. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Defence the amount of money spent on an annual basis on education and training of staff in 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff that availed of each course; if he will provide a list of the courses staff undertook and the cost of each course per person. [38482/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Reopening
Gerry Adams
1389. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine his plans to put together a new agri environment options scheme for farmers for the remainder of 2012; the steps he has taken on the matter; the meetings he has had with farming organisations on the issue; if funding been secured to resource the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37908/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Departmental Staff Training
Gerry Adams
1409. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the amount of money spent on an annual basis on education and training of staff in 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff that availed of each course; if he will provide a list of the courses staff undertook and the cost of each course per person. [38478/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Child Protection Issues
Gerry Adams
1480. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a case conference has been held in relation to the cases of persons (details supplied) in County Meath; if no case conference was held the reason for same; and if the Health Service Executive has sought legal advice on this case. [38477/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Departmental Staff Training
Gerry Adams
1481. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of money spent on an annual basis on education and training of staff in 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff that availed of each course; if she will provide a list of the courses staff undertook and the cost of each course per person. [38480/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Hospital Equipment
Gerry Adams
1504. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of insulin pumps now in operation at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda. [37041/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Hospital Equipment
Gerry Adams
1505. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for children to be fitted with insulin pumps at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth. [37042/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Health Services Provision
Gerry Adams
1506. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be fitted with an insulin pump. [37043/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Health Services Staff
Gerry Adams
1507. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if a care provider (details supplied) in County Louth was engaged by the Health Service Executive to train staff; the reason the training was outsourced; its cost; and his views on whether such practices are cost effective considering that most HSE training takes place within HSE facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37044/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Health Services Staff
Gerry Adams
1508. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if, as a result of budget constraints, some Health Service Executive staff are no longer rostered to work on weekends and that instead agency staff are hired to plug these gaps; and the cost or saving implications of measures such as these. [37045/12]