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Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Education and Training Boards Administration
Clare Daly
156. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the extended executive powers of chief executives of education and training boards; her further views on having so much power vested in one person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47435/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Education and Training Boards Administration
Clare Daly
157. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on circular letters and directives from her Department that may be interpreted differently by chief executives in the 16 education and training boards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47436/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
Terence Flanagan
158. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student universal support Ireland grant in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47453/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Commemorative Plaques
Anne Ferris
159. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding the new development programme for a national memorial to the victims of institutional abuse and the progress regarding same memorial since last November when An Bord Pleanála refused permission for the first planning application by Dublin City Council; if consideration will be provided to the idea of the late campaigner (details supplied) for the memorial to be located as near as possible to the GPO to reflect the wording of the Irish Proclamation regarding the cherishing of the nation's children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47477/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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School Accommodation
Patrick O'Donovan
160. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding for the rental of temporary accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47491/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Air Pollution
Tom Fleming
161. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on recent recordings of air pollution levels by University College Cork centre of research into atmospheric chemistry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47366/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Waste Management
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
162. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the details of regulation and disposal of clinical nuclear waste in private hospitals here; the protocols surrounding disposal of radioactive waste after operations in private hospitals; the persons who monitor the disposal of such waste and the following of radioactive protocols; if these procedures are being followed for disposal of radioactive waste in all private hospitals here; the way this is monitored by his Department; if there have been failures to follow such procedures in private hospitals and if he will provide details of these; the level of radioactive procedures that are allowed for; the type of procedures that are included; if his attention has been drawn to private hospitals that have not registered certain operations; if hospitals have concealed that operations had taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47484/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Departmental Funding
Mary Lou McDonald
163. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 344 of 1 April 2014, if he will provide an update on discussions between his Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding enhanced redundancy payments in the community and voluntary sector; and if there are proposals for legislation or new regulations to govern this area. [47369/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Local Authority Funding
Derek Nolan
164. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if Galway County Council has applied for funding to renovate a vacant unit (details provided) in County Galway; if any such funds have been drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47385/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Air Pollution
Tom Fleming
165. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on recent recordings of air pollution levels (details supplied) by University College of Cork centre of research in atmosphere chemistry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47392/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Irish Water Administration
Paul Murphy
166. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the sources of information Irish Water has used to compile name and address information for its customers. [47425/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Enterprise Support Schemes
Jerry Buttimer
167. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the supports available to businesses to develop innovative websites to enable growth of online trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47362/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Tourism Promotion
Catherine Murphy
168. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is his Department's intention to increase the tourism potential of the Liffey Valley amenity area; the deliberations he or his predecessor has had with interested parties regarding this; if his Department has had any contact with the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs with respect to the tourist potential of establishing a national park in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47370/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Driver Licences
Ruth Coppinger
169. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a national driving licence service centre for the Dublin 7 and Dublin 15 areas. [47428/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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National Car Test
Patrick O'Donovan
170. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions in place to ensure a person who is awaiting a national car test, which was booked on 16 November 2014 but will not be taken until 30 January 2015 due to a backlog, is not issued penalty points considering the persons NCT certificate is due to expire on 1 January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47451/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Driving Test Regulations
Denis Naughten
171. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a driving test exemption for farmers who hold a full car or jeep and trailer licence for more than ten years but did not hold it prior to the 1989 regulations coming into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47461/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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VAT Exemptions
Seán Kyne
172. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the recent measure by the UK Government to provide mountain rescue teams with a rebate on VAT which is a way of alleviating the burden of VAT on the teams while still complying with the EU laws pertaining to VAT. [47471/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Cultural Policy
Noel Grealish
173. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding the Government's commitment to Ireland hosting the European Capital of Culture in 2020; if she will issue a national call for submissions before the 31 December 2014 deadline specified in legislation passed by the European Parliament in April 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47480/14]