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Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Garda Training
John Lahart
97. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what the training programme entails for a recruit to An Garda Síochána and if a group of trainee gardaí has ever been allowed to skip certain segments of the programme in order to quickly allocate gardaí to stations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17263/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Schools Building Projects Status
John Lahart
168. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of permanent buildings for schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16827/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Waste Disposal Charges
John Lahart
254. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the plans to introduce a new billing system by private collectors for bin collections from 1 July 2016; if he is aware of the serious public annoyance at the dramatic increases in the flat rate for collection; the increase among some companies in their weight collection charges; to explain the legislative basis to the changes and/or European Union directive changes; the measures he will implement regarding a waiver system for those on social protection payments and low incomes, as promised in the programme for Government in 2011; the regulatory framework there is in place to ensure that customers are not at a disadvantage, as a result of the changes in the pricing regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17190/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Departmental Funding
John Lahart
562. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will restore funding to the Women's Aid organisation and to the extension of its national freefone helpline to a 24 hour, seven day service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17034/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Domestic Violence Services Funding
John Lahart
563. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will restore and increase funding to domestic violence services so they can meet demand and increase refuge provision to meet international standards; if she will provide dedicated funding for training of relevant State agencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17035/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Child and Family Agency Services
John Lahart
564. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase the number of women's refuges of which Ireland has 21, with places for 141 families, which represents only 31% of what is needed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17039/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Garda Resources
John Lahart
127. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will allocate additional manpower, vehicles and resources to Tallaght Garda Síochána station; when she will begin the long promised redevelopment of the station given the major population and high rate of crime in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15894/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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HSE Properties
John Lahart
405. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the status of a facility (details supplied) leased by the Health Service Executive. [15373/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Schools Building Projects Status
John Lahart
55. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of building projects proposed for schools (details supplied). [15112/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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School Patronage
John Lahart
57. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills the process for assigning the patronage of new primary and secondary schools; and how a body can apply to be assigned as a patron. [15114/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
John Lahart
133. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on primary care facilities in the constituency of Dublin South West, including those at pre-planning stage or those which have applied for planning permission; to provide details of existing primary care centres in the constituency and future plans. [15110/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Public Bike Schemes
John Lahart
215. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the city bike scheme to the villages of south Dublin county, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown county and remaining villages in the city council area of Dublin; his alternative plans in place for bike schemes in these counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15109/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Schools Building Projects
John Lahart
184. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in commencing construction of a purpose-built school (details supplied); when construction will commence and when the pupils and teachers will move into the school. [14397/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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School Admissions
John Lahart
221. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2015, including if and why he has removed it as a priority from the legislative programme, given the Stage to which it had advanced. [14599/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Schools Site Acquisitions
John Lahart
222. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills to investigate the possibility of purchasing the Augustinian Novitiate building on Old Court Road, Killakee, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 as a secondary school. [14629/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Regeneration Projects Funding
John Lahart
270. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure adequate funding to Dublin City Council to allow the long awaited and much overdue regeneration of Dominick Street to proceed. [14398/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Psychological Services
John Lahart
437. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce regulation of the counselling and psychotherapy profession to address this serious public health issue, in view of a recent newspaper article (details supplied) which stated that members of the public are participating in online, unaccredited courses in counselling and then practising in this area [14598/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Psychological Services
John Lahart
438. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health when the consultation phase for the statutory regulation of counselling and psychotherapy (details supplied) will take place; and how soon after that regulation of the sector will be introduced. [14600/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Psychological Services
John Lahart
439. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health when he will regulate the counselling and psychotherapy sector (details supplied) [14601/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Psychological Services
John Lahart
440. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if there is any provision for the possibility of grandfathering to take place in order that regulation will allow professionals who have been practising for a long period to be eligible to work as accredited counsellors and psychotherapists in view of the standards set by Quality and Qualifications Ireland that those who want to work as professional practitioners will have to achieve. [14602/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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National Dementia Strategy
John Lahart
506. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no register of Alzheimer's patients here; and if there is a reason for the prevention of such a register being established. [15015/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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National Dementia Strategy
John Lahart
507. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health to establish a national register of Alzheimer's sufferers; and to explain the absence of such a register. [15016/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Coroners Service
John Lahart
83. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how unclaimed deceased remains are treated by the State; the laws which govern the burial of deceased persons whose remains are unclaimed by family members or relatives; the annual figures of unclaimed deceased here over the past decade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12777/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Garda Deployment
John Lahart
181. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of gardaí in Rathfarnham and Tallaght Garda stations since 2010, in tabular form. [12778/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Garda Data
John Lahart
182. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown of rank numbers in the Garda Síochána for the years 2010 to 2015, in tabular form. [12781/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Garda Reserve
John Lahart
183. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers in the Garda Reserve from 2010 to 2015 in tabular form; the numbers of new recruits to the Garda Reserve in each of those years; the numbers that have left the reserve each year from 2010 to 2015; the gender breakdown of the Garda Reserve; and the numbers of reserve gardaí by Garda division, in tabular form. [12782/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Garda Reserve
John Lahart
184. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual costs of the Garda Reserve since its establishment and the detail of these costs, in tabular form. [12783/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Water Meters Data
John Lahart
369. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to request Uisce Éireann to provide details of the number of water meters installed in Dublin county and city, by commercial, industrial, and residential use, in tabular form. [12786/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Tenant Purchase Scheme
John Lahart
443. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of individual persons, couples and families in receipt of rent allowance per annum on an annual basis since 2010, in tabular form. [12780/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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ESB Accounts
John Lahart
830. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of meters the ESB has installed in Dublin county and city, by commercial, industrial and residential use in tabular form. [12784/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Gas Networks Ireland
John Lahart
831. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to request Gas Networks Ireland to provide details of the number of gas meters installed in Dublin county and city in terms of commercial, industrial, and residential use, in tabular form. [12785/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Local Authority Funding
John Lahart
847. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocations to local authorities under regional roads grants from 2010 to 2016 to date in tabular form. [12771/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Local Authority Funding
John Lahart
848. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocations to local authorities under discretionary roads grants from 2010 to 2016 to date in tabular form. [12772/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Local Authority Funding
John Lahart
849. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocations to local authorities by the National Transport Authority from 2010 to 2016 to date in tabular form. [12773/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Road Safety
John Lahart
850. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress on Transport Infrastructure Ireland's plans to provide electronic speed control warning indicators on the gantries along the M50; and the costs and timelines for same. [12774/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Road Tolls
John Lahart
851. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the revenues from the M50 toll for the years 2010 to 2015 in tabular form; the different payment methods of motorists; and the total tolls paid by the different vehicular users of the M50, such as HGVs and cars, in tabular form. [12775/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Garda Station Closures
John Lahart
22. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Policing Authority review of the dispersement of Garda Síochána stations will include Stepaside in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10048/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Garda Recruitment
John Lahart
57. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the net increase in the number of members of An Garda Síochána in the Dublin metropolitan region southern and eastern divisions that will accrue from the recruitment campaign in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10047/16]
Thu, 21 Apr 2016
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Home Care Packages Administration
John Lahart
53. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if finance for home care packages and home help assistance have been curtailed since January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7822/16]
Thu, 21 Apr 2016
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Prisoner Releases
John Lahart
91. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the interventions his Department has made on behalf of a person (details supplied) who is incarcerated in prison in Egypt: the steps he has taken since the formation of the Thirty-second Dáil to expedite their release. [7823/16]
Thu, 21 Apr 2016
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Schools Property
John Lahart
96. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the future use of a former primary school at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7824/16]
Thu, 21 Apr 2016
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Schools Building Projects Status
John Lahart
97. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current progress on building works at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7825/16]