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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Cross-Border Training Initiatives
Peadar Tóibín
139 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the potential savings that can be made through the implementation of joint training courses for the unemployed in Border areas which are tailored to specific sectorial needs and potential growth areas.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Higher Education Institutions
Peadar Tóibín
233 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the potential savings that can be made through enhanced co-operation and sharing of resources between higher education institutions North and South.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Public Procurement
Peadar Tóibín
284 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his assessment of the potential savings that can be made through an all-island approach to the procurement and tendering for the supply of Government goods and services.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Cross-Border Enterprise Initiatives
Peadar Tóibín
318 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the potential savings that can be made through an all-island approach to economic development and job creation.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Cross-Border Training Initiatives
Peadar Tóibín
319 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the potential savings that can be made through the implementation of joint promotion of labour activation measures which are tailored to specific sectorial needs and potential growth areas.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Irish Language
Peadar Tóibín
409 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the potential savings that can be made through the implementation of an all-island Irish language strategy.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Single Energy Market
Peadar Tóibín
438 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the potential savings that can be made through an all-island approach to energy provision.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Water Services
Peadar Tóibín
541 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the potential savings that can be made through an all-island approach to water treatment.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Homelessness Strategy
Peadar Tóibín
542 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the potential savings that can be made through an all-island approach to homelessness.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Peadar Tóibín
624 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the potential savings that can be made through an all-island approach to policing and community safety.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Health Service Reform
Peadar Tóibín
797 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the potential savings that can be made through all-island approaches to healthcare in orthopaedic surgery, ear, nose and throat surgery, paediatric cardiac surgery, cystic fibrosis, acute mental health services, cross-Border out of hours general practitioner services and emergency services.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Tourism Promotion
Peadar Tóibín
808 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the potential savings that can be made through the implementation of an all-island tourism promotion and marketing strategy.
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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Íocaíochtaí Deontas
Peadar Tóibín
2 Deputy Peadar Tóibín den an Aire Ealaíon; Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an féidir leis an Aire a dheimhniú go mbeidh na deontais reáchtála a íoctar leis na comharchumainn Ghaeltachta ar an leibhéal céanna an bhliain seo chugainn nó níos airde i bhfianaise an ualaigh breise oibre a bheidh orthu ó thaobh pleanáil teanga de. [35035/12]
Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
Peadar Tóibín
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D’fhiafraigh Peadar Tóibín den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén uair a fhoilseofar an t-athbhreithniú ar Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla.
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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National Cultural Institutions
Peadar Tóibín
33 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the fact that the recent Euro Barometer Aggregate Report 2011 on Well Being ranks culture as number 8 out of 9 factors that contribute to well-being alongside the economy, civic life and the environment, his plans to ensure that culture and heritage is utilised to transform our cities and towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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Capital Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
122 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of capital spending by the Exchequer for each of the last ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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Capital Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
123 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated total level of capital spending by the Exchequer for 2012.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare
Peadar Tóibín
37 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the report commissioned by Mandate Trade Union, Decent Work; the impact of recession on low paid workers and if she will request the Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare to give specific attention to the issue of precarious work as recommended by that report.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Social Welfare Appeals
Peadar Tóibín
57 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take, legislative or otherwise, to ensure that the social welfare appeals office publishes its decisions in a suitably anonymised format.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Disability Allowance
Peadar Tóibín
348 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons within the appeals process with regards disability allowance applications and all other social protection allowances; the average wait time for these appeals; the longest wait times; and if the practice of giving updates on decisions of the appeals to Deputies has changed.
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