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Tue, 11 Feb 2014
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Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
Patrick Nulty
297. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is not being allowed go on the live register despite numerous requests to do so. [6403/14]
Tue, 11 Feb 2014
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Waste Disposal
Patrick Nulty
383. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on plans to put in place a regulator for the waste collection sector; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6446/14]
Tue, 11 Feb 2014
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Direct Provision System
Patrick Nulty
435. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered the recommendations by both national and international commentators on reviewing the direct provision system; if he has considered the 2011 report by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the report of the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection, Mr. Geoffrey Shannon, in 2011 which called for an examination to establish whether the direct provision system itself was detrimental to child welfare and development and if alternative forms of accommodation and support would be more suitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6304/14]
Tue, 11 Feb 2014
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Speech and Language Therapy
Patrick Nulty
593. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will receive speech and language therapy; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6411/14]
Tue, 11 Feb 2014
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Dublin Bus Services
Patrick Nulty
678. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give consideration to the provision of a direct bus service between areas (details supplied) and Beaumont Hospital as currently access is very difficult for those who have to depend on public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6766/14]
Thu, 6 Feb 2014
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Tax Collection
Patrick Nulty
43. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance the impact the reduction in staff numbers from 22 to four in recent years in the Dublin Assay Office has had on the work of the office; if he will conduct an assessment of the way this might be impacting on Revenue tax collection on precious metals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5947/14]
Thu, 6 Feb 2014
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Mental Health Services Provision
Patrick Nulty
188. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that assessment facilities are made available within the new acute psychiatry unit at Beaumont Hospital rather than diverting service users to the emergency department for assessment; if he considers the emergency department as the most appropriate setting for all mental health assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5943/14]
Thu, 6 Feb 2014
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Mental Health Services Provision
Patrick Nulty
189. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of psychiatric beds that are available per Health Service Executive catchment area with a bed to population ratio for comparative purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5944/14]
Thu, 6 Feb 2014
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Mental Health Services Provision
Patrick Nulty
190. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the reason north Dublin is excluded from the Health Service Executive directive that all children under 18 years should be seen by child and adolescent mental health services; his views on whether it is acceptable that in Dublin North these adolescents are still being treated within the over-stretched adult psychiatry services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5945/14]
Thu, 6 Feb 2014
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Mental Health Services Provision
Patrick Nulty
191. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the action he is taking to ensure that the empty consultant posts in the Mater child and adolescent mental health services are filled; his views on whether the 50% of consultant posts which are unfilled in this service represent a crisis level of under-staffing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5946/14]
Tue, 4 Feb 2014
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Property Tax Collection
Patrick Nulty
194. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the position regarding the local property tax for a family (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if the family’s concerns can be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5675/14]
Tue, 4 Feb 2014
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Freedom of Information Legislation
Patrick Nulty
266. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider bringing forward amendments to the Freedom of Information Bill 2013, in relation to plans to increase the price of FOI requests and in relation to the inclusion of a separate and distinct information clause, to ensure that the Bill will not limit public access to information and to avoid the creation of a culture of opaqueness around documents that should rightly be accessible to everyone at a fair and reasonable cost; if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised that any increased expense in seeking information will have a disproportionate effect on persons who are less well off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5676/14]
Tue, 4 Feb 2014
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Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
Patrick Nulty
297. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if mature students who are on back to education allowance are eligible for any other additional funding or supports to participate in the Erasmus exchange programme as part of their degree course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5150/14]
Tue, 4 Feb 2014
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Social Welfare Offices
Patrick Nulty
316. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for the provision of an Intreo office (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5124/14]
Tue, 4 Feb 2014
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Social Welfare Application Forms
Patrick Nulty
322. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 10 December 2013, if she will review the decision on physical inspection of the form as there appears to have been a technical-accounting error in the calculation (details supplied) of the applicant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5151/14]
Tue, 4 Feb 2014
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Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
Patrick Nulty
323. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider providing an exemption to the rent cap in respect of a person (details supplied) in view of the special circumstances of the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5153/14]
Tue, 4 Feb 2014
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Invalidity Pension Application Numbers
Patrick Nulty
324. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of applications for invalidity pension received in her Department in 2009-2013, inclusive; the number of these applications that were refused; the number of these refusals that were subject to an appeal; the number of these appeals that were successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5155/14]
Tue, 4 Feb 2014
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Invalidity Pension Appeals
Patrick Nulty
325. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if applicants appealing a decision refusing them invalidity pension are entitled to an oral hearing if they request it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5156/14]
Tue, 4 Feb 2014
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Waste Disposal
Patrick Nulty
466. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which the programme for Government commitment to introduce a national waiver scheme for waste collection services will be implemented; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5241/14]
Tue, 4 Feb 2014
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Services for People with Disabilities
Patrick Nulty
653. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 314 of 16 January 2014, the up-to-date position regarding a timeframe for the commencement of disability services with Beechpark in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5237/14]