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Thu, 11 Dec 2014
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Post Office Network
Michael Colreavy
11. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a composite plan between his Department and other relevant Departments on the future of the post office network is in place. [47314/14]
Thu, 11 Dec 2014
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Broadband Service Expenditure
Michael Colreavy
16. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has projected costs for the State in the rolling out of broadband infrastructure as outlined in the recent mapping process; and the person who will be the long-term operator and owner of infrastructure. [47312/14]
Thu, 11 Dec 2014
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Wind Energy Generation
Michael Colreavy
18. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are currently plans for the development of wind farms here which will export energy. [47315/14]
Thu, 11 Dec 2014
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Energy Policy
Michael Colreavy
34. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the White Paper on energy policy in Ireland will ensure that energy supply companies buy energy from microgeneration units. [47313/14]
Tue, 9 Dec 2014
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Intestate Estates
Michael Colreavy
119. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the arrangements that are in place to meet the funeral-burial costs of a person who dies intestate and who does not have any family members with the means to meet the costs involved. [46749/14]
Tue, 2 Dec 2014
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Teaching Contracts
Michael Colreavy
458. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of part-time teachers employed in the 16 ETBs. [46154/14]
Tue, 2 Dec 2014
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Departmental Funding
Michael Colreavy
459. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department made for the running of Education and Training Boards Ireland in 2013. [46155/14]
Tue, 2 Dec 2014
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Departmental Funding
Michael Colreavy
460. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department made to the running of IVEA in the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive. [46156/14]
Tue, 2 Dec 2014
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Departmental Funding
Michael Colreavy
461. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department made to the running of NAPD in the years 2008 to 2013, inclusive. [46157/14]
Tue, 2 Dec 2014
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State Examinations
Michael Colreavy
462. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on an Irish Independent Millward Brown opinion poll of 19 May 2014 which revealed that parents have overwhelmingly backed teachers in their opposition to proposals to have them marking their own pupils' junior certificate papers and that 60% of those polled also said that teachers should not assess their own pupils; her further views that this opposition is highest among women and young persons between the ages of 18 and 24, who have just emerged from the secondary school system. [46158/14]
Tue, 2 Dec 2014
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Ministerial Correspondence
Michael Colreavy
543. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 20 November 2014, the position regarding correspondence received by him from Sligo County Council (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46190/14]
Tue, 2 Dec 2014
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Broadcasting Sector Regulation
Michael Colreavy
579. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the obligation for broadcasters to use the Irish language in their services. [46148/14]
Wed, 19 Nov 2014
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Rail Services
Michael Colreavy
182. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the future of Dromod railway station on the Sligo-Dublin Connolly inter-city service. [44443/14]
Tue, 18 Nov 2014
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Land Parcel Identification System
Michael Colreavy
248. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a delay in work being carried out by a private mapping company that his Department has assigned to do its work. [44283/14]
Tue, 18 Nov 2014
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Agriculture Scheme Payments
Michael Colreavy
249. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment. [44284/14]
Tue, 18 Nov 2014
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Child Protection
Michael Colreavy
252. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure all Internet service providers block websites containing child sexual abuse. [43778/14]
Tue, 18 Nov 2014
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Michael Colreavy
354. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will undergo hip replacement surgery. [43777/14]
Tue, 18 Nov 2014
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Respite Care Services
Michael Colreavy
436. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available in counties Sligo and Leitrim. [44282/14]
Tue, 18 Nov 2014
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Broadband Service Speeds
Michael Colreavy
546. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will prioritise blackspots for broadband roll out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44276/14]
Tue, 11 Nov 2014
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Energy Efficiency
Michael Colreavy
553. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of commercial buildings that have applied for retrofitting grants from the State; and this number as a percentage of the total number of commercial buildings in the State. [43115/14]
Tue, 4 Nov 2014
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Peace and Reconciliation Programme
Michael Colreavy
830. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of all funding awards provided to groups and organisations in Northern Ireland since 2005 for reconciliation. [41089/14]
Thu, 23 Oct 2014
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Hydraulic Fracturing Licence Applications
Michael Colreavy
2. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider ending Tamboran's licensing option for hydraulic fracturing considering similar moves in the Six Counties. [40556/14]
Thu, 23 Oct 2014
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Geological Survey of Ireland
Michael Colreavy
9. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the additional scope of the Tellus project following an increase in funding in this year’s budget. [40391/14]
Thu, 23 Oct 2014
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Postcode Implementation
Michael Colreavy
11. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the roll-out of the Eircode postcode system. [40393/14]
Thu, 23 Oct 2014
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Broadband Service Expenditure
Michael Colreavy
18. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the €500 million promised in April 2014 for rural broadband will be forthcoming. [40390/14]
Thu, 23 Oct 2014
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Security of the Elderly
Michael Colreavy
28. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the contact he has had with Eircom regarding their plans to remove the functionality of the fixed SMS system which supports house alarms, especially used by elderly persons. [40389/14]
Wed, 15 Oct 2014
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Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding
Michael Colreavy
138. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ring-fence funding to support the national collective of community-based women's networks to deliver the only programme specifically targeted at women for disadvantaged communities; the way he intends providing support for this most marginalised group who are not named under the social inclusion and community activation programme. [39360/14]
Wed, 15 Oct 2014
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Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding
Michael Colreavy
139. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way he plans to engage with the national collective of community-based women's networks to resolve the difficulty that has arisen because that organisation created a national structure to meet the requirement of the community development programme which now precludes them from securing funding past 2014 under the new social inclusion and community activation programme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that NCCWN engaged with 35,580 marginalised women across 17 communities throughout Ireland in 2013 alone. [39361/14]
Wed, 15 Oct 2014
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Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding
Michael Colreavy
140. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way he plans to support the voluntary board of the national collective of community-based women's networks with their responsibilities to 17 local women's projects 44 staff members and approximately 200 non-directly employed staff. [39362/14]
Wed, 15 Oct 2014
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Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding
Michael Colreavy
141. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that marginalised women are not a target group of the new SICAP programme; in view of this, if he will provide reassurance to the national collective of community-based women's networks that an alternative funding stream will be made available to continue this valuable work. [39363/14]
Wed, 8 Oct 2014
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Water Quality
Michael Colreavy
105. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health the amount allocated for adding fluoride to water for public consumption each year; the persons who receive this funding to insert the fluoride; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38372/14]
Tue, 7 Oct 2014
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Social and Affordable Housing Applications
Michael Colreavy
534. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application (details supplied) made by Sligo County Council for an extension to a family home. [37815/14]
Wed, 1 Oct 2014
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Wind Energy Generation
Michael Colreavy
192. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 413 of 19 November 2013, the role that was played by the ESB and Bord na Móna project management team for the proposed Oweninny wind farm, County Mayo, in the preparation of the new Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland wind atlas; if the new wind atlas has been made available to An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37296/14]
Wed, 1 Oct 2014
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Wind Energy Generation
Michael Colreavy
193. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 473 of 2 November 2010, the latest figures by county, based on the new Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland wind atlas, together with the percentage change in the annual mean wind speed between the current SEAI wind atlas and the new one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37297/14]
Wed, 1 Oct 2014
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Wind Energy Generation
Michael Colreavy
194. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the values of the mean power density of the wind at 50 m, 75 m, 100 m and 125 m above ground at Oweninny and Cluddaun, County Mayo, based on the data in both the current, and the new, Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland wind atlas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37298/14]
Tue, 30 Sep 2014
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Departmental Investigations
Michael Colreavy
140. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason the ESB continues to treat meter readers as self-employed, with all the consequent loss of employment rights despite its loss in a High Court appeal on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36601/14]
Wed, 24 Sep 2014
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National Car Test
Michael Colreavy
209. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is a requirement for NCT centres to have CCTV cameras installed in their carpark and workshop areas. [35967/14]
Tue, 23 Sep 2014
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Broadband Service Provision
Michael Colreavy
527. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the planned budget for broadband roll-out for each of the next three years. [35629/14]
Tue, 23 Sep 2014
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Broadband Service Provision
Michael Colreavy
529. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of State investment he estimates will be needed to deliver 30 Mbps broadband speeds to every home in the country. [35708/14]
Wed, 17 Sep 2014
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School Transport Provision
Michael Colreavy
1240. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will update the guidelines concerning school transport runs to allow discretion where changes to routes can be made where there would not be significant additional expenditure and where the changed routes would be more convenient for the travelling students-parents and would have safer collection points; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34280/14]
Thu, 17 Jul 2014
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Exploration Industry
Michael Colreavy
2. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the approach he will take regarding subterranean drilling and any conflict that could arise with property owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31949/14]
Thu, 17 Jul 2014
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Hydraulic Fracturing
Michael Colreavy
7. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has an official definition of the hydraulic fracturing process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31642/14]
Thu, 17 Jul 2014
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Energy Resources
Michael Colreavy
13. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the provisions that will be made for local authorities to buy energy for electricity and heat from local micro-generation units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31646/14]
Thu, 17 Jul 2014
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Exploration Licences
Michael Colreavy
19. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any petroleum companies have made contact with his Department following the opening of the 2015 Atlantic Margin Oil and Gas Licensing Round; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31644/14]
Thu, 17 Jul 2014
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State Bodies Funding
Michael Colreavy
22. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources from where funding for payment of those who sit on the board of RTÉ comes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31643/14]
Thu, 17 Jul 2014
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Alternative Energy Projects
Michael Colreavy
32. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources what the scope of bioenergy Ireland will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31645/14]
Tue, 15 Jul 2014
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Student Grant Scheme Appeals
Michael Colreavy
320. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the avenue left open to a student living 45.9 km from the college they attend in cases where an appeal hearing has determined they are living less than 45 km and is consequently awarded the adjacent rate of grant only. [31555/14]
Tue, 15 Jul 2014
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Student Grant Scheme Appeals
Michael Colreavy
321. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any additional supports to students who live 45 km from the college they attend; are approved only for the adjacent rate of the higher education grant and whose parents income is so limited as to put third level education totally beyond their means unless an amount equivalent to the full, non-adjacent rate of grant is paid. [31556/14]
Thu, 10 Jul 2014
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Energy Prices
Michael Colreavy
114. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage increases in domestic electricity costs over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30447/14]
Thu, 10 Jul 2014
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Energy Prices
Michael Colreavy
115. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the power he has to implement a price freeze on the cost of electricity; if he has ever considered introducing one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30448/14]