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Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Departmental Expenditure
Thomas Pringle
749. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline in tabular form the total cost of all conferences and seminars attended by her Department in 2012; the purpose of each conference/seminar; the location; the number of delegates that attended from her Department/agencies or otherwise that were represented; the total cost of each conference/seminar; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5632/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Departmental Expenditure
Thomas Pringle
840. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will outline in tabular form the total cost of all conferences and seminars attended by his Department in 2012; the purpose of each conference/seminar; the location; the number of delegates that attended from his Department/agencies or otherwise that were represented; the total cost of each conference/seminar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5638/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Vaccination Programme
Thomas Pringle
841. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce the new Meningitis B vaccine for Meningococcal B Meningitis and septicaemia into the childhood immunisation schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5647/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Departmental Expenditure
Thomas Pringle
897. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline in tabular form the total cost of all conferences and seminars attended by his Department in 2012; the purpose of each conference-seminar; the location; the number of delegates that attended from his Department-agencies or otherwise that were represented; the total cost of each conference-seminar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5644/13]
Thu, 31 Jan 2013
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Hospital Staff Issues
Thomas Pringle
211. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to end the practice of junior doctors working excessively long hours in contravention of S.I. No. 494 of 2004 European Communities (Organisation of Working Time) (Activities of Doctors in Training) Regulations 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4944/13]
Wed, 30 Jan 2013
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Special Areas of Conservation Designation
Thomas Pringle
36. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to his announcement last December of his intention to designate the area around Rockabill to Dalkey Island as a special area of conservation, if he has discussed the implications of this with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of their recent granting of foreshore and exploration licences to a company (details supplied) to drill an oil well just 6 km from Dublin coastline. [4518/13]
Wed, 30 Jan 2013
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Home Schooling Issues
Thomas Pringle
82. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a system of flexi-schooling for children that are home schooled that would allow them to attend school on a part-time basis that would facilitate a parent who may work part-time but wishes to home school their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4621/13]
Tue, 29 Jan 2013
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Information and Communications Technology Issues
Thomas Pringle
127. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to ensure the efficient operation of computer systems within her Department in order to allow for the effective management of information and to cross reference data with other State agencies such as the Revenue Commissioners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4440/13]
Tue, 29 Jan 2013
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Social Insurance
Thomas Pringle
151. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made or her plans to provide unemployment benefits to the self-employed. [4036/13]
Wed, 23 Jan 2013
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National Procurement Service Framework Agreements
Thomas Pringle
3. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has assessed the impact of Public Procurement (Framework Agreements) circular 06/12, for the procurement of goods and services on local jobs that has provided for single suppliers on a national level in respect of day to day purchases for public bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3220/13]
Wed, 23 Jan 2013
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Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants
Thomas Pringle
181. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he has failed to fulfil the commitments made to the European Court in the judgement of 19 December 2012, C-374/11, specifically those referred to in paragraphs 34 and 41 of that judgement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3381/13]
Wed, 23 Jan 2013
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Fish Quotas
Thomas Pringle
220. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide for each of the past three years, in tabular form, a list of fishing opportunities, fishing quota and fishing effort that were swapped with other EU member states and third countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3380/13]
Tue, 22 Jan 2013
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Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants
Thomas Pringle
448. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the national inspection plan for individual waste water treatment systems will be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2574/13]
Tue, 22 Jan 2013
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Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants
Thomas Pringle
449. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will comment on any progress that has been made in fulfilling the commitments made to the European Court in the judgment of 19 December 2012, C-374/11, specifically those referred to in paragraphs 34 and 41 of that judgment; the reason for any delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2576/13]
Thu, 17 Jan 2013
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Tax Yield
Thomas Pringle
9. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance his views on a report that companies (details supplied) may be paying an effective corporate tax rate in this country of less than 1% and that other high profile and and highly profitable corporations may be paying similarly low effective rates of corporate tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1984/13]
Thu, 17 Jan 2013
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Tax Code
Thomas Pringle
38. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance the evidence he has or research he has undertaken to back his assertion that imposing the proposed Financial Transaction Tax here would lead to a significant migration of financial services business and related jobs to London or that any such losses would outweigh the benefits of introducing the FTT in terms of increased tax revenue; if he will provide such evidence and research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1983/13]
Thu, 17 Jan 2013
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Property Taxation Application
Thomas Pringle
71. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance the steps the Revenue Commissioners will have to take to recover penalties imposed on liable persons under the Finance (Property Tax) Act 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2146/13]
Thu, 17 Jan 2013
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Septic Tank Registration Scheme
Thomas Pringle
135. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the standards will be published that single house effluent treatment systems will have to comply with after registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2148/13]
Tue, 11 Dec 2012
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Ministerial Travel
Thomas Pringle
287. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular form the total cost to the Exchequer of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Summit in Doha including accommodation, cost per person and number of persons attending from the Irish delegation, flights, subsistence, visas and any other costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55584/12]
Tue, 11 Dec 2012
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Ministerial Travel
Thomas Pringle
307. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 422 of 4 December 2012, if he will include Ministerial costs in the areas mentioned, as well as any other costs not listed including subsistence, visas, other travel costs involved for all Irish delegates including ministerial; and if he will state the total cost to the Exchequer with all costs included. [55587/12]