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Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Schools Building Projects Status
Dominic Hannigan
425. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the building work of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3287/15]
Tue, 16 Dec 2014
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National Internship Scheme Data
Dominic Hannigan
117. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of participants under 25 years of age who commenced a JobBridge internship in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47724/14]
Tue, 16 Dec 2014
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Community Employment Schemes Data
Dominic Hannigan
120. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of participants under 25 years of age who commenced a community employment placement in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47727/14]
Tue, 16 Dec 2014
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Invalidity Pension Eligibility
Dominic Hannigan
172. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the means by which a person who is on disability benefit and who is unable to take up employment due to this disability can obtain the qualifying 48 weeks' PAYE credits in the previous tax year, to move to invalidity pension as stipulated by her Department's rules; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48312/14]
Tue, 16 Dec 2014
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Youth Services
Dominic Hannigan
551. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants under 25 years of age who commenced a Youthreach and-or community training centre training course in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47731/14]
Tue, 16 Dec 2014
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Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Data
Dominic Hannigan
552. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants under 25 years of age who commenced a VTOS training course in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47733/14]
Thu, 11 Dec 2014
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Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
Dominic Hannigan
43. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the rent limits under the rent supplement scheme in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47543/14]
Tue, 25 Nov 2014
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Tax Credits
Dominic Hannigan
198. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Finance if he will amend the regulations for the single person child carer credit such that if the tax credit is not taken up or used by the primary claimant before the end of the tax year, the tax credit may be transferred to the secondary claimant without the need for the primary claimant to provide written permission to the Revenue Commissioners for the transfer of the tax credit to the secondary claimant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45067/14]
Tue, 25 Nov 2014
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Legislative Measures
Dominic Hannigan
300. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the contact he has had with the Samaritans on their concerns regarding the Children First Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44799/14]
Wed, 19 Nov 2014
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Social Welfare Code
Dominic Hannigan
39. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason the rule for moving from disability allowance to invalidity pension sets out that a person must have 48 contributions in the previous complete tax year considering that the person is on disability and is not available to take up employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44414/14]
Thu, 13 Nov 2014
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Primary Care Centre Provision
Dominic Hannigan
156. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the building of a new primary care centre in Kells, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43539/14]
Thu, 13 Nov 2014
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Schools Building Projects Status
Dominic Hannigan
199. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the school building project in Ashbourne, County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43538/14]
Thu, 13 Nov 2014
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Social and Affordable Housing Provision
Dominic Hannigan
214. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the funding plans for social housing in County Meath in the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43541/14]
Wed, 12 Nov 2014
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Universal Social Charge Exemptions
Dominic Hannigan
55. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Finance if artists who earn an income from the sale of their creative work and who are resident outside the State are liable to pay USC on their earnings from the sale of their products in this state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43373/14]
Tue, 11 Nov 2014
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Medicinal Products Expenditure
Dominic Hannigan
366. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the drugs budget for the Department next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42943/14]
Tue, 11 Nov 2014
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Ministerial Appointments
Dominic Hannigan
367. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has given any consideration to the appointment of a junior Minister with sole responsibility for drug policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42944/14]
Tue, 11 Nov 2014
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School Patronage
Dominic Hannigan
460. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the process for a school to change its ethos from multidenominational to non-denominational; the process for any type of school to change its ethos; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42967/14]
Tue, 11 Nov 2014
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National Roads Authority Projects
Dominic Hannigan
564. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Roads Authority has received a traffic management plan from Meath County Council for Slane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42840/14]
Tue, 11 Nov 2014
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Roads Maintenance Funding
Dominic Hannigan
565. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that has been allocated to Meath County Council for road maintenance, repairs, improvement and building in each of the years since 2008; if he will also provide this information as a percentage of the overall amount that was awarded nationally in each of those years; if he will provide the percentage for each council in each of those years also in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42841/14]
Thu, 6 Nov 2014
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Property Tax Assessments
Dominic Hannigan
63. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has projections for the revision of the property tax rates in 2016 and the implications this could have on property owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42539/14]
Tue, 14 Oct 2014
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Foras na Gaeilge
Dominic Hannigan
394. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will ensure there are no cuts to the Foras na Gaeilge budget for 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39051/14]
Tue, 14 Oct 2014
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Údarás na Gaeltachta
Dominic Hannigan
395. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider allocating €12 million as a capital budget for Údarás na Gaeltachta; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39052/14]
Thu, 9 Oct 2014
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Departmental Budgets
Dominic Hannigan
287. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will ensure minimum cuts are made to her Department's 2015 budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38699/14]
Tue, 7 Oct 2014
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Departmental Legal Cases
Dominic Hannigan
128. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of times in each of the past three years that her Department has been brought to the High Court regarding a social protection payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37821/14]
Tue, 7 Oct 2014
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Disability Support Services Provision
Dominic Hannigan
262. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Irish Deaf Society and its calls for Irish Sign Language to be recognised by the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37672/14]
Tue, 7 Oct 2014
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Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
Dominic Hannigan
423. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to invest in Ireland's overseas aid budget in his budget proposal for budget 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37979/14]
Tue, 7 Oct 2014
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Action Plan on Bullying
Dominic Hannigan
445. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the grants that have been provided under the action plan on bullying by organisation, amount and year that they were provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37673/14]
Wed, 1 Oct 2014
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Health Strategies
Dominic Hannigan
106. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recently published Irish Heart Foundation report Towards Earlier Discharge, Better Outcomes, Lower Cost: Stroke Rehabilitation in Ireland; if he will consider taking on some of the recommendations and implementing them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37266/14]
Wed, 1 Oct 2014
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Student Grant Scheme Administration
Dominic Hannigan
147. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will maintain grants at the current level for third level grants in budget 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37220/14]
Tue, 30 Sep 2014
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Asylum Applications
Dominic Hannigan
286. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of asylum seekers who are currently waiting on a decision (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36734/14]
Tue, 30 Sep 2014
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Gaelscoileanna Issues
Dominic Hannigan
530. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if any study has been completed by her Department in relation to the need for another second level Irish language school to cater for the demand for places in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36958/14]
Tue, 30 Sep 2014
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Schools Building Projects Status
Dominic Hannigan
531. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address an issue involving workers at a site (details supplied) in County Dublin; her plans to rectify the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36960/14]
Tue, 30 Sep 2014
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Departmental Funding
Dominic Hannigan
577. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the amount of money his Department has given to the Orange Order in the years 2012 and 2013; if he will provide in tabular form each grant provided and what it was provided for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36994/14]
Wed, 24 Sep 2014
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Health Screening Programmes
Dominic Hannigan
142. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Health further to his recent parliamentary question responses on his intention to extend the BreastCheck screening programme to 66 to 69-year olds that he will lobby his Cabinet colleagues and get funding for the extension as part of budget 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36028/14]
Tue, 23 Sep 2014
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Employment Data
Dominic Hannigan
56. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Taoiseach to set out the number of employees on the minimum wage; the number of employees on the minimum wage who are male and the number who are female; the number of employees on the minimum wage who are under 25 years of age and the number over 25 years of age. [35518/14]
Tue, 23 Sep 2014
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Budget Submissions
Dominic Hannigan
160. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered the proposals being put forward by the graduate entry medicine debt relief campaign in its pre-budget submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35280/14]
Tue, 23 Sep 2014
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Proposed Legislation
Dominic Hannigan
283. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding new legislation to deal with prostitution and sex trafficking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35257/14]
Tue, 23 Sep 2014
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Broadband Service Provision
Dominic Hannigan
531. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the detailed mapping exercise that is taking place to identify the footprint of the national broadband plan. [35719/14]
Wed, 17 Sep 2014
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Budget 2015
Dominic Hannigan
122. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans in budget 2015 to fix an anomaly in the pension system where someone who is contractually obliged to retire at 65 only receives the jobseeker's allowance until they turn 66; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34043/14]
Wed, 17 Sep 2014
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Pensions Legislation
Dominic Hannigan
127. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of the deferred members of the Irish aviation superannuation scheme about the potential for a 60% cut in their pensions due to a provision in the 2009 Social Welfare and Pensions Act; the action she will take in order that the potential reduction of 60% does not happen; the communication she has had with either the IASS trustees or the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the potential cuts. [34183/14]
Wed, 17 Sep 2014
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Tax Relief Application
Dominic Hannigan
247. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Finance his plans to include a tax relief for persons who were first time buyers and did not purchase buy to let properties but have been forced to rent their homes due to negative equity, unemployment or other reasons unforeseen when the homes were originally purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33974/14]
Wed, 17 Sep 2014
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Cancer Screening Programmes
Dominic Hannigan
900. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend BreastCheck to women aged 65 to 69 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33416/14]
Wed, 17 Sep 2014
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Human Rights Issues
Dominic Hannigan
1173. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to work with the organisation Church in Chains to help the release of Christian prisoners in Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33142/14]
Wed, 17 Sep 2014
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Proposed Legislation
Dominic Hannigan
1425. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the drafting of the education (admissions to schools) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34609/14]
Wed, 17 Sep 2014
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Homelessness Strategy
Dominic Hannigan
1546. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the number of people who are homeless in County Meath; the body which is charged with keeping a count on the number of people who are homeless; if he will provide the numbers for each of the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34036/14]
Wed, 17 Sep 2014
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Road Safety
Dominic Hannigan
1663. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a height that hedges and trees must be cut to when they are being cut on regional and local roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33981/14]
Wed, 17 Sep 2014
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Road Safety
Dominic Hannigan
1664. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the body with responsibility for the cutting of hedges and trees on regional and local roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33983/14]
Wed, 17 Sep 2014
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Rail Network
Dominic Hannigan
1697. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Pace to Navan rail link; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33738/14]
Wed, 17 Sep 2014
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Wildlife Protection
Dominic Hannigan
1744. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a set period every year when trees and hedges are allowed be cut; who sets this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33982/14]
Wed, 16 Jul 2014
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Forestry Sector
Dominic Hannigan
190. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the 2015-20 forestry programme will be submitted for public consultation; when the programme will be open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31846/14]