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Tue, 15 Oct 2013
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Land Parcel Identification System
Derek Keating
315. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that had penalties imposed on them following a land eligibility inspection in County Tipperary in 2012. [43101/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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School Accommodation
Derek Keating
257. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the over-capacity and ongoing demand for school places, the current status of the application for new accommodation, including timeframe for delivery of a new educational campus, for Educate Together Primary School, Kilcolgan, County Galway. [36805/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Garda Vetting Applications
Derek Keating
1108. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for Garda clearance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [38388/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
Derek Keating
1437. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health if he will accelerate the provision of the special chair already agreed in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [37827/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Aviation Issues
Derek Keating
1660. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any change or changes to condition 7 of the aircraft licence 2003 at Weston Aerodrome, Lucan, County Dublin; and, if so, what is the current reference field length, wingspan and approach speed permitted and, if required, is this information available under the Freedom of Information Acts. [37879/13]
Thu, 18 Jul 2013
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Commemorative Events
Derek Keating
421. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will give a commitment that his Department will sponsor a nationwide primary and second level school project as part of the centenary celebration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36487/13]
Thu, 18 Jul 2013
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Commemorative Events
Derek Keating
422. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the stage of his plans to commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Rising; his plans to include all the areas of national importance such as the Four Courts, the Custom House, the GPO, Beggar's Bush, Bolands Mill, Kilmainham Gaol and other such locations; if he will consider a national school project as part of the commemoration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36488/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Waste Management Regulations
Derek Keating
114. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a progress report on his plans to introduce legislation to provide for standards and quality of service by private contractors providing refuse collection services in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33619/13]
Wed, 10 Jul 2013
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Consumer Protection
Derek Keating
59. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider regulation underpinning consumer law or meaningful legislation to protect the consumer in view of the practice by retailers and multiples, particularly from the UK, of increasing substantially the price of their goods far in excess of the exchange rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33278/13]
Tue, 9 Jul 2013
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Social Welfare Offices
Derek Keating
73. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider opening a temporary social welfare office in the Lucan area, County Dublin, until an adequate premises is located by the Office of Public Works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32896/13]
Thu, 4 Jul 2013
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Child Care Services Regulation
Derek Keating
40. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she plans to introduce regulations for childminders in the home. [32349/13]
Thu, 4 Jul 2013
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Child Care Services Regulation
Derek Keating
54. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she plans to introduce regulations for childminders including childminders in the home; if they will be included in the Children First legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32348/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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Educational Tours
Derek Keating
42. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements for supervision of students during school organised Gaeltacht residential trips and classes; if his attention has been drawn to a reported major breakdown in supervision following an organised school trip to Donegal with 38 students from a school (details supplied); if he has been notified that the school principal has removed himself from the board of management investigation because of a reported conflict of interest; the responsibility his Department has in such issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32017/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Suicide Prevention
Derek Keating
294. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is willing to devise an anti-suicide, prevention and awareness strategy or policy for post-primary school students to undertake in view of the fact that they are too young to avail of the existing programmes on offer like assist and safe talk. [31463/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Schools Building Projects Status
Derek Keating
295. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish an multi-denominational post-primary school in County Galway in view of the increased population figures in recent years. [31461/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Freedom of Information Requests
Derek Keating
338. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Education and Skills under the practice in his Department of replying to freedom of information questions, if he will outline the material that is made available when such a request is received; if it is factual to say that only written correspondence to his Department is made available; if he keeps a diary of telephone calls, conversations and representations he receives from Deputies orally or from his officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32021/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Teacher Employment Contracts
Derek Keating
339. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of the employment contract that is offered to the principal of a school; if it is a set format or if each contract is formulated by the board of management of the particular school; and the criteria set down by his Department in relation to contracts of employment of a principal. [32022/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Public Procurement Regulations
Derek Keating
427. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a prerequisite for companies tendering for Government contracts to have a member of a defined pension scheme under the rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31952/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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RAPID Programme
Derek Keating
493. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his future plans for RAPID schemes in the context of his realignment proposals under his local government reform agenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31462/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Proposed Legislation
Derek Keating
543. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe within which the Criminal Justice (Prevention of Corruption) Bill 2012 will be introduced into Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31506/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Inter-Country Adoptions
Derek Keating
623. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when funding will be made available to Irish adoption agencies working with adoption agencies in the USA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31954/13]
Thu, 27 Jun 2013
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National Roads Authority Expenditure
Derek Keating
32. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport following the report from the National Roads Authority regarding the volume of traffic on the M50 and the recent media speculation on the introduction of tolls to the M50, his plans in relation to these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30904/13]
Thu, 27 Jun 2013
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National Roads Authority Expenditure
Derek Keating
45. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce tolls on the M50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30903/13]
Wed, 26 Jun 2013
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Passport Applications
Derek Keating
34. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current waiting time for a normal passport; the number of passports that were issued in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30494/13]
Wed, 26 Jun 2013
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Passport Applications
Derek Keating
52. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current waiting time for the issuing of a normal passport application; the arrangements that are in place for emergency or compassionate applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30493/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Suicide Prevention
Derek Keating
113. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health the checks that are put in place by his Department in relation to organisations which provide professional services for suicide, depression, bereavement and other such community-based services which receive funding from his Department; the criteria required to ensure that all public moneys paid are used in the correct manner for which that money is supplied; if he is satisfied that auditing of public funding provided to such organisations meets a standard that protects the State from fraud, misuse or inappropriate management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30202/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Care of the Elderly
Derek Keating
118. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the appropriate training and qualifications are being adhered to by private and voluntary organisations which provide services under the Care of the Elderly service provision; if he will outline the standards that should apply when a person is providing care in the home, in a day centre or in an institution; the monitoring that takes place to ensure that no abuse or low standards of service provision is being missed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30203/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Ambulance Service Provision
Derek Keating
551. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that there is an adequate ambulance service in the greater Dublin area to respond to emergency calls, general practitioner requests for patients' admissions, transfers from hospital to hospital and particularly cardiac response units; his plans to address any shortfall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30112/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
Derek Keating
556. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be supplied with a hearing aid as a matter of urgency. [30156/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Suicide Prevention
Derek Keating
580. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health if he will present in a detailed report in tabular form a breakdown of the extra €35 million spending on suicide prevention that he has committed to this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30295/13]
Thu, 20 Jun 2013
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Flood Prevention Measures
Derek Keating
13. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding measures to prevent flooding in Lucan Village and surrounding area and Clondalkin Village and surrounding area, Dublin; if he will provide in tabular form the number of floods that have taken place in these areas in the past ten years; his view on home insurance loading since rehabilitation has taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29493/13]
Thu, 20 Jun 2013
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Flood Prevention Measures
Derek Keating
51. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on home insurance loading since rehabilitation has taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29494/13]
Wed, 19 Jun 2013
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Allotments Provision
Derek Keating
32. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to support urban agriculture such as the promotion and funding to allotments; if he considers it necessary to introduce registration of those who make available property to be developed into allotments in urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29208/13]
Wed, 19 Jun 2013
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Allotments Provision
Derek Keating
66. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to develop an urban programme in conjunction with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Department of Education and Skills to develop allotments, the registration of allotments, the standards that allotments should adhere to when a contract is provided; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29209/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Defence Forces Recognition
Derek Keating
17. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Defence if he will consider awarding a service medal for the military personnel who served this country in a most professional, brave and dedicated manner during the period of Irish history known as The Troubles; if he will recognise publicly the many unsung heroes (details supplied); his views on whether such personnel, many of whom have retired, deserve to be honoured by this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28741/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Schools Broadband Access Programme
Derek Keating
106. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding plans to roll out broadband services for all schools here; the cost of such services to each school; if this cost will be borne by the State or will each school’s board of management have to meet the cost of broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28639/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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School Funding
Derek Keating
127. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his plans to meet the needs of students who attend Protestant schools, the plans to support families from such groups and, similar to his policy on Educate Together schools, if he will consider setting up a forum in conjunction with the leadership of the Protestant community to examine the needs of Protestant faith families going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28888/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Special Educational Needs Services Provision
Derek Keating
128. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the growing knowledge regarding the autism condition and the demands on individual schools and on the education system, if he will consider setting up a special unit to address, advise and examine resources in relation to the needs of children in the primary school sector who are diagnosed with autistic conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28889/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Departmental Offices
Derek Keating
161. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current situation in relation to providing a suitable building to facilitate the Department of Social Protection’s plan to open a social welfare office in the Lucan area, Dublin; if his Department will consider renting on a temporary basis a suitable building to facilitate the opening of the social welfare office until or if consideration is being given to building such a facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28903/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Social Welfare Fraud Cost
Derek Keating
223. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Social Protection If she will outline the savings made in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 as a result of the actions she and her Department have to deal with the fraud payment of social welfare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28886/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Services for People with Disabilities
Derek Keating
224. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Social Protection the services her Department provides for those from the autistic community; if she will consider developing criteria of benefits for the needs of those with the autistic spectrum disorder condition and specifically for those who become adults at 18 years of age and fall between benefits; if she will consider developing a policy and a new social welfare payment to take into consideration these circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28890/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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National Internship Scheme Numbers
Derek Keating
227. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the JobBridge scheme who are benefitting from this in the Lucan, Clondalkin, Newcastle, Saggart, Rathcoole, Brittas and Palmerstown areas of County Dublin; if she will list in tabular form the number who have taken up this benefit and the number of those who have gone on to full-time or part-time employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28904/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Broadband Services Provision
Derek Keating
271. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a progress report on the roll-out of broadband and high speed broadband in the Lucan, Clondalkin, Rathcoole, Saggart, Newcastle and Palmerstown areas of County Dublin, on an individual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28640/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Waste Management Regulations
Derek Keating
304. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government following the granting of planning permission by An Bord Pleanála, against the wishes of the Bord Pleanála planning official, for the development of a dump in the Rathcoole area, County Dublin, the steps and safeguards his Department will take to ensure that the environmental impact of this decision, and the conditions that have been assigned to the planning grant, are strictly monitored and adhered to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28642/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Garda Operations
Derek Keating
361. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Justice and Equality following the criticism by the Chairman of the Road Safety Authority, if he is satisfied that enough Garda checkpoints, Garda personnel and the Traffic Corps are meeting the needs to ensure that all traffic regulations are being adhered to; if he is in agreement with the Chairman of the Road Safety Authority in relation to the number of checkpoints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28644/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Juvenile Offenders
Derek Keating
362. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline, in tabular form for the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, the number of children who were referred to the Children Court from Clondalkin, Lucan, Palmerstown, Newcastle, Saggart and Rathcoole areas of County Dublin; the number of children who were referred to the juvenile liaison officers' supervision programme in those areas; the top five youth offences categories during the four year period and the provision of services and funding for projects and crime diversion programmes for Clondalkin, Lucan, Palmerstown, Newcastle, Saggart and Rathcoole; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28645/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Electronic Tagging
Derek Keating
375. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding electronic tagging as a method of supervision and control in respect of persistent acts of criminality and violence by persons; if he has developed a policy on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28896/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Agriculture Schemes Payments
Derek Keating
438. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who are actively farming, herd numbers, in Clondalkin, Lucan, Saggart, Newcastle, Rathcoole and Brittas, County Dublin and who are in receipt of grants, benefits and funding; if he will provide a list in tabular form the types of grants, funding and benefits for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28887/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Food Safety Standards Regulation
Derek Keating
439. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status on the contamination of food with horse meat; if he is satisfied that enough regulations, legislation and statutory obligations by food processors are in place to ensure that no such event of contaminating food will occur again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28897/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Child Care Services Regulation
Derek Keating
479. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce regulation for childminders; if they will be included in the Children First legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28900/13]