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Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Broadband Services Provision
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
950. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the 3 national broadband service in an area (details supplied) and the surrounding area; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the EU provided the last Government with €40 million towards a total allocation of €223 million to roll out a broadband service across Ireland and to date there is no worthwhile service; if this money has been spent properly, if he will ensure that Eircom will upgrade the local phone exchange and have proper phone line broadband available in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36983/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Waste Management Regulations
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
1015. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government in view of the ongoing waste dumping in our forests, bogs, and all over our country, if he will consider amending the Waste Management Act 1996 to include rewards to citizens who assist in bringing convictions either by supplying evidence or by taking cases themselves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37018/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Waste Management Regulations
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
1016. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will consider amending the Waste Management Act 1996 to include on the spot fines for dumping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37019/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Garda Communications
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
1148. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine the way Garda districts communicate between each other; his views on whether there is a great degree of inflexibility within the way Garda stations communicate and deploy their resources; for example, someone living near Williamstown in north Galway had to wait for two hours for gardaí who are based at Tuam 23 miles distant, but could be on a call out as far east as Headford, to come to their assistance, while just four miles away two Garda squad cars sat outside the barracks in Castlerea; if he will consider introducing a similar system to that used by taxi firms to maximise the use of their resources. [36997/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Disabled Drivers Grants
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
1493. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon who was refused a motorised transport grant. [37189/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Disabled Drivers Grants
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
1495. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who suffered a very bad fracture and will have permanent nerve damage was refused a motorised transport grant even though they fulfil all the criteria needed for this grant, including living in a remote area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37636/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Ambulance Service Provision
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
1514. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the reason the new air ambulance is to be located at Baldonnel Aerodrome, Dublin, rather than at Athlone which is geographically closer to the centre of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37053/12]
Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Media Mergers
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
3 Deputy Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources his views on large parts of the media being controlled by a single owner; if he will introduce legislation to limit the percentage ownership of our media by any one person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36894/12]
Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Care of the Elderly
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
805 Deputy Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he considers ten weeks notice sufficient duration for the closure of a nursing home for elderly citizens; if he is aware that some of the residents of Ashbrook House in Mohill, County Leitrim have lived at that place for over 20 years and that many of them are very elderly and some suffer from dementia and so on; if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to extend the notice to December at the very least and that both residents and staff alike deserve longer notice and a clearer idea of where they will be relocated to; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Tax Code
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
60 Deputy Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance if he will explain the basis under which vehicle registration tax is not an import tax since all vehicles sold in Ireland are imported; if he will agree that this tax is effectively an import duty in all but name; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Inland Waterways
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
303 Deputy Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will instruct the ESB to make available its regulations for the control of the River Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Thu, 5 Jul 2012
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Inland Fisheries
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
98 Deputy Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide this Deputy with the outline graph of the electro fishing audit of the tributary rivers of the River Barrow downstream of Carlow Town.
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Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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Departmental Staff
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
290 Deputy Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants dismissed in the period 1 January 2000 to 30 June 2006; and the number of civil servants dismissed in the period 1 July 2006 to 31 December 2011 by the Government and by a Minister for the Government .
[31985/12]
Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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Special Areas of Conservation
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
399 Deputy Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he stands over his statement that 30% of the protected bogs had already been irrevocably damaged; the reason we should try to protect these bogs if they are irrevocably damaged; if he will name those bogs which he believes to be irrevocably damaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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Water Levels
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
403 Deputy Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the legislation, Statutory Instrument or other orders under which the water level in Lough Ree was raised in 1979; the authority responsible for controlling the water level at the Athlone weir; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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Local Government Audit Service
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
426 Deputy Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the local authorities have a separate auditor, namely, the Local Government Audit Service; if he will examine if the LGAS is poorly placed to do an impartial audit and assessment of the local authorities in view of the fact that it is being run by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government which is the very same Department which finances the local authorities in the first instance; in the interests of having a more independent auditor for local authorities, and of cost savings to the taxpayer, if he will consider combining the LGAS with the Comptroller and Auditor General; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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