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Wed, 22 May 2013
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Community Service Orders
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
205. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that were sentenced to community service in the years 2011 and 2012 and the durations of same. [24718/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Prison Committals
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
206. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that were sentenced to jail time in the years 2011 and 2012 and the durations of same. [24719/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Prison Committals
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
207. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that were sentenced to jail for non payment of fines in 2011 and 2012; the amount of fines involved and the length of sentence they served. [24720/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Garda Recruitment
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
208. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the costs to end the current moratorium and recruit 250, 500, 1000 Garda recruits immediately. [24721/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Immigrant Investor Programme Applications
Michael McGrath
209. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will show separately, in respect of the immigrant investor programme and the start-up entrepreneur scheme, the number of persons who have availed of each scheme to date; the amount that has been invested to date; the number of jobs that have been created; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24741/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Spent Convictions Legislation
Seán Kyne
210. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when it is envisaged that the Criminal Justice Spent Convictions Bill will be passed in view of the importance of the Bill in assisting those citizens move on from minor misdemeanours. [24787/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Subsidiary Protection Applications
Thomas Pringle
211. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the new provisions for dealing with subsidiary protection under the Immigration and Refugee Acts will be in place and decisions allowed to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24789/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Departmental Properties
Martin Heydon
212. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Defence his views on encroachment charges (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24552/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Disability Act Employment Targets
Tom Fleming
213. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Defence the target of his Department and subsidiary offices throughout the country regarding employment of persons with disabilities in the special category; if the target is being achieved; the total number of employees in that category currently and the percentage of the total workforce in his Department that it represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24611/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Military Service Pensions
Michael McGrath
214. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Defence in the context of the Military Service Pensions Act 1934, if there is a distinction between active service and service; the way decisions are made to issue a certificate of active service under the Act; the way surviving family of a former activist under the Act can apply for a certificate of active service issued and to have evidence they may hold in that regard assessed by the Department (details supplied) [24715/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Common Foreign and Security Policy
Andrew Doyle
215. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Defence the details of the discussion held at the seminar he hosted in Dublin Castle on 17 May regarding the Common Security and Defence Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24728/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Naval Service Vessels
Andrew Doyle
216. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Defence his plans for LE Emer and LE Aoife when they are decommissioned from the Irish Naval Service in September 2013 and September 2014 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24735/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Animal Disease Controls
John O'Mahony
217. Deputy John O'Mahony asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is compulsory to carry out a scrapie test on sheep over two years old; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24497/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Fodder Crisis
Brendan Griffin
218. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide additional supports to farmers who are experiencing severe fodder shortages in view of the continued adverse weather conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24498/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Fodder Crisis
Martin Ferris
219. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the €2 million allocated to addressing the fodder crises that has been utilised. [24502/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Fodder Crisis
Brendan Griffin
220. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide financial support for farmers who are unable to secure credit and finance from any source and are experiencing severe fodder shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24504/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
John O'Mahony
221. Deputy John O'Mahony asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their agri environment option scheme one payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24506/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
Tom Hayes
222. Deputy Tom Hayes asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the agri-environment options scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24528/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Fodder Crisis
Patrick O'Donovan
223. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his officials in his Department have engaged with the Department of Social Protection to analyse the impact of the fodder crisis on those farmers in receipt of farm assist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24557/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Equine Passports
Martin Ferris
224. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to change the regulations and methods of registering horses in the aftermath of the horsemeat crisis. [24571/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Bovine Disease Compensation
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy
225. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if compensation is available to farmers who have lost part of their herds through BVD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24580/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
Áine Collins
226. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a headage grant. [24586/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Common Agricultural Policy Reform
Tom Fleming
227. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine a submission on the Common Agricultural Policy ; his views on the logical propositions detailed in the document; if he will endeavour to secure these proposals in his capacity as chairman of the informal talks among European agriculture Ministers regarding CAP reform in Dublin in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24598/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Disability Act Employment Targets
Tom Fleming
228. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the target of his Department and subsidiary offices throughout the country regarding employment of persons with disabilities in the special category; if the target is being achieved; the total number of employees in that category currently and the percentage of the total workforce in his Department that it represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24607/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Equine Passports
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
229. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he has taken or intends to take to improve horse identification/traceability in view of the horse meat scandal and a time frame for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24683/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Single Payment Scheme Payments
Martin Ferris
230. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason single farm payment and REP scheme entitlements for a person (details supplied) were cut by 5% because they were unable to cut rushes due to weather conditions in February 2013 and therefore failed inspection. [24688/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Beef Industry
Pearse Doherty
231. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to the publication on 14 March 2013 of the report Equine DNA and Mislabelling of Processed Beef Investigation and Parliamentary Question No. 996 of 16 April 2013 and comments of 15 May 2013 by the British Member of Parliament, Anne McIntosh, if his Department has concluded its consideration of the possibility of instituting legal proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24703/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
Paul Connaughton
232. Deputy Paul J. Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are circumstances in which an application to the new agri-environment options scheme, which has not yet been accepted, may be amended as serious errors have been detected in relation to the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24722/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
Paul Connaughton
233. Deputy Paul J. Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the agri-environment options scheme 1 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24723/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
Paul Connaughton
234. Deputy Paul J. Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when agri-environment options scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; when computerised processing of payments will start in relation to AEOS1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24725/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Forestry Sector
Michael Healy-Rae
235. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will put in place a detailed independent review of the whole forest sector here, both Coillite and private, with a view to determining the changes that still need to be made to meet the challenges of the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24746/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
Michael Healy-Rae
236. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the agri-environment options scheme, 9,500 farmers applied before the closing date of November 2012, the timeframe these applications will be finalised in view of the fact that already their incomes have been drastically reduced since the REP scheme plan finished; if it is now more vital than ever that these applicants become eligible for the AEOS 3 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24758/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Agriculture Schemes Penalties
Michael Healy-Rae
237. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a fine in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24792/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Credit Availability
Michael Healy-Rae
238. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to the food harvest 2020 report which sets outs a growth plan which foresees a 1.5 billion euro increase in the value of primary output, a value increase of 3 billion and a 42% increase in exports over the years 2007-2009, the FCI endorses this report but the agricultural sector can only do so much without his assistance, currently over stretched farmers are not being provided with credit from banks and the action he will take to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24795/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Agriculture Schemes Payments
Michael Healy-Rae
239. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether every active farmer should get an advance of €1,000 of the payments due to be paid in the autumn to alleviate the stress and financial pressure they are under at the moment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24796/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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School Absenteeism
Eric J. Byrne
240. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will have her Department officials call to the yellow flag school (details supplied) with a view to assisting four schools on this campus to address the attendance records and participation by students from the adjoining Labre Park Travellers' site; if she will agree to co-operate with the schools in attempting to improve the attendance of these students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24533/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Foreign Adoptions
Paschal Donohoe
241. Deputy Paschal Donohoe asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update from the Adoption Authority of Ireland on the status of an application for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 3 who was adopted from Cambodia three years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24508/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Adoption Services Provision
Joe McHugh
242. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her policy for regulation of adoption has changed since 2011; if she will consider amending section 63 of the Adoption Act 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24536/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Disability Act Employment Targets
Tom Fleming
243. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the target of her Department and subsidiary offices throughout the country regarding employment of persons with disabilities in the special category; if the target is being achieved; the total number of employees in that category currently and the percentage of the total workforce in her Department that it represents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24609/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Assisted Human Reproduction
Olivia Mitchell
244. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health in view of the recent breakthrough in stem cell research, when legislation can be expected governing such research, in view of the fact that the current lack of legislation may put patients at unnecessary risk and expense, deters investment and expertise and causes confusion among the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24541/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Health Services Provision
Nicky McFadden
245. Deputy Nicky McFadden asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the position in relation to the provision of outpatient services at St Vincent's Care Centre in Athlone, County Westmeath; if those out-patient services will be maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24527/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Medical Card Applications
John McGuinness
246. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24535/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Cancer Screening Programmes
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
247. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the cervical screening programme to women under the age of 25 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24540/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Health Screening Programmes
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
248. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the nature and detail of the service contract with Northgate Public Service in relation to the delivery of the newborn screening programme; the rationale for outsourcing this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24542/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
249. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that all applications for the Fair Deal scheme have now been suspended; if this includes those people currently in acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24546/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
Áine Collins
250. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork may expect a deicison on their fair deal application. [24549/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Ambulance Service Provision
Thomas P. Broughan
251. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that appropriate support is provided to enable the Swords Ambulance Station, County Dublin, to operate 24 hours per day, 365 days per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24560/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Mobility Schemes Status
Seamus Healy
252. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the mobility allowance and motorised transport schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24566/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Medical Card Applications
Finian McGrath
253. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) [24584/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Speech and Language Therapy
Michael McGrath
254. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of newly qualified speech and language graduates from Irish colleges that have been recruited by the Health Service Executive in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24587/13]