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Wed, 13 Jul 2016
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Dental Services Provision
Josepha Madigan
206. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Health why the Dublin Dental University Hospital is no longer offering primary care to persons under 16 years of age; if this decision will be changed in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21579/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Visa Applications
Josepha Madigan
142. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the visa application of a person (details supplied) will be processed and the person advised of the outcome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20555/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Household Benefits Scheme
Josepha Madigan
391. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans, if any, to restore the telephone allowance to pensioners and if so, in what time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20853/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Schools Building Projects Status
Josepha Madigan
37. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to expedite the building and planning issues that have arisen for a school (details supplied); and if the school can be built earlier than 2018. [17915/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Suicide Prevention
Josepha Madigan
373. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Health to consider setting up a suicide prevention authority; to consider the draft Bill to establish a suicide prevention authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17978/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
Josepha Madigan
67. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Sex Offenders Act 2001 empowers the authorities to place restrictions on sex offenders, who have committed sex assaults against children, living in proximity to or overlooking playgrounds; if there are guidelines on these issues for the attention of the relevant authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17662/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
Josepha Madigan
117. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a scheme whereby a person who is 21 years of age, whose application is pending for refugee status, can attend college here and receive a grant for the purposes of attending college, if so, the body from which a grant may be obtained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17657/16]
Wed, 22 Jun 2016
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Organised Crime
Josepha Madigan
32. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Criminal Justice (Joint Investigation Teams) Act 2004 is a potentially useful tool in the fight against crime across the European Union; if the Garda Commissioner can request another European Union state to set up a specialist joint investigation team to investigate criminal enterprises that take place here but are co-ordinated in another European Union state; if she will discuss this power with the Garda Commissioner so that the use of this Act can be urgently considered to tackle crime that is co-ordinated by Irish criminal gangs living in other European Union states; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17137/16]
Wed, 22 Jun 2016
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Legislative Programme
Josepha Madigan
63. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the mediation Bill, given the benefits of mediation as an alternative to court; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17136/16]
Wed, 22 Jun 2016
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Employment Rights
Josepha Madigan
277. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will urgently consider a legislative framework for au pairs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17543/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Visa Applications
Josepha Madigan
47. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when visitor visa applications will be processed and granted to persons (details supplied). [16408/16]
Thu, 2 Jun 2016
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Garda Deployment
Josepha Madigan
120. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if 68 members of An Garda Síochána are attached to Dundrum Garda station; if 11 are on temporary transfer; if this is a decrease from 86 in February 2016 and 139 in 2009; and when she will review and increase Garda numbers in Dundrum, County Dublin. [14035/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Garda Stations
Josepha Madigan
107. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will commence the review of the dispersal of Garda stations; who will conduct it and make the decision; the criteria it will use in determining which six stations will be opened; how long it will take and when will it make a decision; how soon after the review she will open the six Garda stations; and how long the pilot project will last. [12532/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Direct Provision System
Josepha Madigan
179. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for the most recent figures available for people in direct provision, including the number of children; the average period of time asylum seekers are in direct provision before a decision is made on their status; the amount it costs per annum to keep a person in direct provision; if she has considered allowing asylum seekers to work, pending a decision; her plans to implement the recommendations of the McMahon report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12764/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Garda Investigations
Josepha Madigan
207. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to address repeated concerns (details supplied) in the O'Higgins report regarding proper investigation by An Garda Síochána; and if these areas have been examined and improved. [12939/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Departmental Functions
Josepha Madigan
66. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Taoiseach to consider reinstating the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and bring together all environmental functions, nature and wildlife, water protection, waste and pollution control under one Department of the Environment, Climate and Natural Heritage. [12219/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Energy Efficiency
Josepha Madigan
188. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills to consider installing solar panels in schools as a form of energy for heating and water and as a potential cost saving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11693/16]
Thu, 19 May 2016
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Teachers' Remuneration
Josepha Madigan
70. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if and when he will examine pay equalisation for teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11008/16]
Thu, 19 May 2016
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Company Law
Josepha Madigan
214. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to amend section 279(2) of the Companies Act 2014 to extend the deadline to use the modified US generally accepted accounting principles by three years; the time frame he envisages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11069/16]
Wed, 18 May 2016
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Property Tax Administration
Josepha Madigan
57. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Finance when he will review and implement the recommendations of the Thornhill report and in particular recommendation 4; the time frame he envisages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10863/16]