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Tue, 17 May 2016
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Revenue Commissioners
Patrick O'Donovan
222. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance to provide assistance to a person (details supplied) to allow the payment of pay-related social insurance, PRSI, contributions for 2004 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10635/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Property Tax
Patrick O'Donovan
238. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance to set out the legal relationship between the household charge and the local property tax and the basis on which the household charge is now collected through the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10661/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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School Curriculum
Patrick O'Donovan
259. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the consultation that took place in advance of the change in cycling training for primary schools that is funded through the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9626/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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HSE Expenditure
Patrick O'Donovan
635. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health to address a matter (details supplied) regarding procurement within the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9416/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Ambulance Service Staff
Patrick O'Donovan
703. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the number of officer grade positions which remain unfilled across the National Ambulance Service; the duration of the vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9728/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Ambulance Service Staff
Patrick O'Donovan
705. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health when the criteria for officers were changed in the past few months to the lower qualification of emergency medical technician rather than the previous paramedic qualification; if this was done to facilitate existing officers from the national control centre in Tallaght in County Dublin transferring to operational posts across the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9733/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Ambulance Service Accommodation
Patrick O'Donovan
794. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health to improve the accommodation available at the ambulance station in Newcastle West, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10159/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Dental Services Provision
Patrick O'Donovan
889. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10427/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
Patrick O'Donovan
1005. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a matter (details supplied) regarding a herd test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9642/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Agriculture Scheme Payments
Patrick O'Donovan
1007. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter concerning persons (details supplied) concerning an audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9680/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Beef Genomics Scheme
Patrick O'Donovan
1038. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a herd number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10098/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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GLAS Applications
Patrick O'Donovan
1062. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an application under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10406/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Single Payment Scheme Payments
Patrick O'Donovan
1072. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) did not receive the full payment under the single farm payment scheme; if the outstanding amount will be paid or the options that are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10540/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Agriculture Scheme Appeals
Patrick O'Donovan
1081. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal for national reserve 2015 by a person (details supplied); when the person can expect a decision to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10615/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Implementation
Patrick O'Donovan
1109. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the feed-in tariffs will be introduced for solar farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10634/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Company Liquidations
Patrick O'Donovan
1192. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department will consider reviewing the fees being awarded to liquidators as part of liquidation processes; if she is satisfied that the scale of the fees being paid fairly reflects the role being undertaken; if her Department has any evidence of excessive amounts being paid to liquidators as part of the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10665/16]
Thu, 5 May 2016
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Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
Patrick O'Donovan
31. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme. [9249/16]
Wed, 4 May 2016
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Departmental Reports
Patrick O'Donovan
192. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health why he has not made available a report which was completed in January 2015 by consultant academics from universities in Cardiff, Wales and Dundee, Scotland (details supplied); why the Health Service Executive has declined an application made under the Freedom of Information Act to have a copy of the report furnished to a person who has requested it; if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to make the report available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9082/16]
Thu, 28 Apr 2016
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Pension Levy
Patrick O'Donovan
29. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reverse the imposition of the levy on the pensions of members of An Garda Síochána; the cost in one year of implementing this change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8668/16]
Wed, 27 Apr 2016
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Public Sector Pensions Levy
Patrick O'Donovan
13. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to revert to this Deputy on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8630/16]
Wed, 27 Apr 2016
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Summer Works Scheme Administration
Patrick O'Donovan
93. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills to revert to this Deputy on a matter (details supplied) regarding the summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8627/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
Patrick O'Donovan
168. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8320/16]
Wed, 6 Apr 2016
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Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
Patrick O'Donovan
233. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the disadvantaged areas scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5336/16]
Wed, 6 Apr 2016
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Agriculture Scheme Appeals
Patrick O'Donovan
236. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the national reserve scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5339/16]
Wed, 6 Apr 2016
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Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
Patrick O'Donovan
242. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has not made a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick for the provision of a slatted unit and other miscellaneous works to be carried out on a farm under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5346/16]
Wed, 6 Apr 2016
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Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
Patrick O'Donovan
243. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick for the installation of a silage pit under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; the reason for the delay; when he will make a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5347/16]
Wed, 6 Apr 2016
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Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
Patrick O'Donovan
245. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the national reserve scheme; when he will make a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5349/16]
Wed, 6 Apr 2016
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Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
Patrick O'Donovan
249. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of applications by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the young farmers scheme and the national reserve scheme; when he will make a decision on these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5353/16]
Wed, 6 Apr 2016
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Speech and Language Therapy Provision
Patrick O'Donovan
434. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the details of the Health Service Executive's structural standards to be met in order for a building to be used as a centre for the carrying out of hearing assessments by speech therapists on minors; the level of sound proofing which must be available in the centres in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5473/16]
Tue, 22 Mar 2016
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Social Welfare Appeals Status
Patrick O'Donovan
16. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for an update on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the social protection appeals process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4815/16]
Tue, 22 Mar 2016
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School Transport Administration
Patrick O'Donovan
441. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the accounts name given by Bus Éireann to its reserve fund, referred to as a piggy bank at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications, which represented a surplus of reserves received over the cost of providing the school transport scheme, for each of the years 2005 to 2015, inclusive, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4772/16]