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Thu, 5 May 2016
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Flood Prevention Measures
James Lawless
20. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made between the Office of Public Works and Kildare County Council, regarding flooding prevention measures in the Lower Morell area of the county, which has seen consistent flooding from the River Liffey. [9315/16]
Thu, 5 May 2016
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Garda Station Refurbishment
James Lawless
57. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide funding for the renovation and upgrading of Garda stations in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9286/16]
Thu, 5 May 2016
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Children in Care
James Lawless
58. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons in care and without an allocated social worker in County Kildare, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9287/16]
Thu, 5 May 2016
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Schools Building Projects Status
James Lawless
103. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received recent correspondence dated April 2016 from the local management of Maynooth Education Campus, Maynooth Community College and Maynooth Post Primary School regarding their concerns over the current school site (details supplied); if she accepts the urgency of the situation and that the commencement of this building project is a priority; the status of the tender process, including the timeframes associated with it; if she will authorise an early start to the building project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9283/16]
Thu, 5 May 2016
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Schools Building Projects Status
James Lawless
104. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the commencement of the building of a general purpose hall for a school (details supplied). [9284/16]
Thu, 5 May 2016
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Schools Building Projects Status
James Lawless
105. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the difficulties being experienced in a school (details supplied) including a lack of library facilities, no general purpose meeting room, children being dispersed across a number of locations and a lack of security; if she accepts the urgency of the situation and that the commencement of the building of the new school at this location is a priority; if she will progress it immediately, as soon as planning permission has been secured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9285/16]
Thu, 5 May 2016
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
James Lawless
106. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the case of a person (details supplied) and available places for second level students in autism spectrum disorder units in County Kildare. [9288/16]
Wed, 4 May 2016
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Hospital Groups
James Lawless
201. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health to clarify the various hospital groups which were established in terms of movement of staff between two groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9120/16]
Wed, 4 May 2016
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Teaching Qualifications
James Lawless
251. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the regulation changes being implemented by the Teaching Council with regard to removing regulation 3 which will result in Level 8 degree holders in Montessori Education being unable to teach in a special school setting or as a resource teacher in a mainstream setting. [8942/16]
Wed, 4 May 2016
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Tenant Purchase Scheme
James Lawless
313. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government why local authority houses which have adaptations in place to accommodate disabilities cannot be purchased through the tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9071/16]
Wed, 27 Apr 2016
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Waste Management
James Lawless
96. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way his Department plans to accommodate Pay by Weight for domestic refuse for families with family members with special needs who will have to dispose of waste products due to medical incontinence. [8522/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Public Sector Pensions Levy
James Lawless
111. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the pension related deductibles for public servants and if he will phase out this measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8072/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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IDA Ireland Site Visits
James Lawless
132. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits by IDA Ireland to County Kildare in each of the years 2011 to 2015 and in 2016 to date, in tabular form. [8132/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Jobs Protection
James Lawless
136. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will engage immediately with a company (details supplied) to assess the impact, if any, on north Kildare of the announcement regarding redundancies across its global organisation; if he will immediately engage with the management of the company to address any threat to local jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8331/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Immigration Status
James Lawless
232. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will examine the case of a person (details supplied) regarding an immigration visa; the supports available to the person's family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8516/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Medical Card Administration
James Lawless
283. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health his plans to update the medical card application form to include payment of local property tax or water charges as outgoings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8096/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Home Help Service Provision
James Lawless
288. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours allocated nationally and for County Kildare in 2014 and 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8182/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Waste Management
James Lawless
457. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which the pay-by-weight bin charges will work for multi-unit complexes, such as apartment blocks that share bins; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8520/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Sports Capital Programme
James Lawless
476. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will open the sports capital programme for 2016 to applications. [8078/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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State Examinations Exemptions
James Lawless
427. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare regarding Irish exemption for students with Asperger's syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7542/16]