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Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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VAT Rate Application
Brendan Ryan
209. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if VAT is charged on crested and official primary school uniforms; if so, whether this runs contrary to the zero VAT rate on clothes labelled and marketed for children under 11 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37037/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Special Educational Needs Staffing
Brendan Ryan
390. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the current number of autistic spectrum units in North County Dublin; if there are plans for more ASD units to be rolled out in the area over the next few years; if there are details of such plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37800/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Employment Rights Issues
Brendan Ryan
603. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 19 June 2012 if he will confirm his plans to carry out an independent inquiry as recommended by the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association; if such an inquiry will be open and transparent; and if he will make a priority of this matter. [37814/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Proposed Legislation
Brendan Ryan
1023. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will confirm a date for the publication of the noise nuisance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37027/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Irish Prison Service
Brendan Ryan
1200. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the process for the appointment of the position of prison chaplain in a prison (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if this is the process followed in all prisons in view of the fact that there has been a change in this process in recent months; if so, the reason this change has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37802/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Genetically Modified Organisms
Brendan Ryan
1379. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will indicate his position on genetically modified organisms; if it is permitted to genetically modify crops here; his views on the recent ban imposed by Poland on a matter (details supplied); if he will consider a similar ban if required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37829/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Mental Health Services Provision
Brendan Ryan
1676. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposal to move the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum to Portrane in north County Dublin; the stage the proposal is at; if he will give any timescales on how the proposal is progressing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37801/12]
Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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Local Authority Staff
Brendan Ryan
475 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the efforts that have been made to engage or consult with local authority water service workers or their representatives in advance of the formation of Irish Water, cognisant of the fact that the expertise and experience of these workers will be vital to the success of any future entity; if no consultation has taken place with the workers or their representatives if he will indicate his willingness to do so in the immediate future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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