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Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Credit Availability
Patrick O'Donovan
191. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the personal microcredit scheme to be operated through credit unions; details of the pilot scheme to be put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26189/15]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Agriculture Scheme Penalties
Patrick O'Donovan
333. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form by county, since 2010, the number of penalties and the total amounts involved imposed on farmers and landowners by his Department as a result of practices required by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to be carried out by the landowners to protect habitats within special areas of conservation and special protection areas, practices which are not in compliance with those required by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26294/15]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Air Ambulance Service Provision
Patrick O'Donovan
350. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form by county, for 2014 and for 2015 to date, the number of call-outs by the air ambulance operated by the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26216/15]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Legislative Process
Patrick O'Donovan
365. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Spent Convictions Bill; and when the legislation will be brought before Dáil Éireann for progression. [26017/15]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Medical Card Applications
Patrick O'Donovan
404. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25696/15]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Schools Building Projects Status
Patrick O'Donovan
540. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment and extension work will take place at a college (details supplied) in Dublin 16; the duration of such works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26167/15]
Thu, 25 Jun 2015
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Naval Service Vessels
Patrick O'Donovan
15. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide details on the operations, to date, that the LÉ Eithne has been engaged with in the Mediterranean Sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24846/15]
Thu, 25 Jun 2015
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Tax Code
Patrick O'Donovan
89. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Capital Gains Tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25484/15]
Thu, 25 Jun 2015
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Tax Collection
Patrick O'Donovan
95. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, for each year from 1985 to 2014, inclusive, the rate of betting tax; the total turnover; the amount of betting duty collected; the number of betting licences held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25587/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Early Childhood Care Education
Patrick O'Donovan
387. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to address the concerns of parents regarding the future of the ability of children with disabilities to avail of the free early childhood care and education year, as without adequate support, there are concerns by some parents that children with complex special educational needs will be unable to access appropriate mainstream placements to avail of this year. [24755/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Early Childhood Care Education
Patrick O'Donovan
390. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to provide a free early childhood care and education year for those children with a disability, by county; the number of places, by county, for children with physical disabilities and learning difficulties, ranging from moderate to severe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24895/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Disability Support Services
Patrick O'Donovan
433. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the areas of the country in which the Health Service Executive provides funding towards the provision of special needs assistance support; and if the support is provided directly by the executive or through a third party. [24756/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Disability Support Services
Patrick O'Donovan
434. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the Health Service Executive plans to continue the provision of funding for special needs assistance support on an ad hoc basis, or to introduce a fair, transparent, nationwide system, that is in keeping with the principles of the Progressing Disability Services Strategy. [24757/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Disability Support Services
Patrick O'Donovan
454. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive provides funding for the provision of special needs assistants; if so, if he will provide details of the basis on which funding is allocated; if he will provide in tabular form, by county, for 2014, the number of special needs assistants funded by the executive; the number funded in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24894/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Special Educational Needs Staff
Patrick O'Donovan
544. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that the Health Service Executive provides funding towards the provision of special needs assistants; that the executive plans to continue the provision of this funding on an ad hoc basis, or to introduce a fair, transparent, nationwide system, that is in keeping with the principles of the progressing disability services strategy. [24758/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
Patrick O'Donovan
576. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a new tenant purchase scheme will be introduced for council tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24491/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
Patrick O'Donovan
577. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the names of the estates submitted by Limerick City and County Council for consideration under any new tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24493/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
Patrick O'Donovan
578. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if one-bedroom and two-bedroom houses will be considered under any new tenant purchase scheme to be devised by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24495/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Rural Transport Programme
Patrick O'Donovan
640. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if rural transport routes will be tendered for the coming number of months; if so, when this process will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24512/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Rural Transport Programme Expenditure
Patrick O'Donovan
642. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current rate payable to operators servicing the rural transport network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24544/15]
Thu, 18 Jun 2015
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National Flag
Patrick O'Donovan
13. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has been in contact with the British Imperial War Museum in relation to a national flag captured in Limerick in 1916, with a view to having it returned to Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23549/15]
Thu, 18 Jun 2015
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Architectural Heritage
Patrick O'Donovan
23. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider increasing the amount available to local authorities for the protection of listed structures, and those structures under threat; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23546/15]
Thu, 18 Jun 2015
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Social Welfare Payments Administration
Patrick O'Donovan
46. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will withdraw the recently-revised application forms from her Department and replace them with the previously-issued forms, in which payment at the post office is the first option and no recommendation is made on the application as to the best payment option; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24315/15]
Thu, 18 Jun 2015
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Deposit Guarantee Scheme
Patrick O'Donovan
76. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance in regard to the deposit guarantee directive, if he will use discretion under the directive to ensure that credit unions are to be charged at a lower rate of contribution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24316/15]
Thu, 18 Jun 2015
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Organic Farming Scheme Applications
Patrick O'Donovan
124. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant aid available to a farmer to construct a potato store on that farmer's land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24454/15]
Thu, 18 Jun 2015
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Nursing Education
Patrick O'Donovan
210. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 480 of 21 April 2015, the position regarding the review of the nursing adaption programme by Nursing Homes Ireland, the Health Service Executive and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, in view of the fact that he previously indicated that this would commence in February 2015 and the executive is now advising that there was no scheduled review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24312/15]
Thu, 18 Jun 2015
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Schools Amalgamation
Patrick O'Donovan
234. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on an application for the amalgamation of two schools (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24248/15]
Thu, 18 Jun 2015
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Teacher Secondment
Patrick O'Donovan
241. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding secondments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24460/15]
Thu, 18 Jun 2015
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Teacher Secondment
Patrick O'Donovan
242. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to amend the directive issued from her Department that all secondees, regardless of their training or specialism, return to their base schools after five years, as this will result in the reduction of reading recovering teacher leaders from nine to seven, in view of the fact that nine reading recovery teacher leaders could train all the schools which have requested support and training in reading recovery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24461/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Tourism Promotion
Patrick O'Donovan
14. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to encourage those local authorities who are touched by or adjoin the Wild Atlantic Way to develop localised driving routes, off the main route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23237/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Taxi Regulations
Patrick O'Donovan
31. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be made on any changes to the knowledge test for small public service vehicle licensing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23238/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Fuel Prices
Patrick O'Donovan
71. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance the progress being made to narrow the differentials between solid fuels north and south of the Border; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24003/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Coroners Service
Patrick O'Donovan
131. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, by county, the number of cases dealt with by coroners in 2014; the total cost in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24000/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Garda Recruitment
Patrick O'Donovan
138. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm, in respect of the panels that were established for the Garda Síochána recruitment campaigns, that all of the candidates in band 1 have now been called and that band 2 candidates will now be called in the next round of recruitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24109/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Garda Recruitment
Patrick O'Donovan
146. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position of bands 1, 2 and 3 that were formed in the Garda Síochána recruitment process; in view of the fact the candidates who have already been chosen for recruitment have come from band 1; when it is envisaged that the candidates in band 2 will be informed that they will progress to band 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24200/15]
Tue, 16 Jun 2015
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Television Licence Fee Collection
Patrick O'Donovan
122. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views that there are potential data protection issues involved in sourcing information from television providers in order to source information for An Post to collect TV licence fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22943/15]
Tue, 16 Jun 2015
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Broadcasting Sector Regulation
Patrick O'Donovan
129. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider a revised definition of the term "public service broadcast" in the context of the implementation of the television licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22942/15]
Tue, 16 Jun 2015
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Primary Care Centres Provision
Patrick O'Donovan
558. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding representations in respect of the roll-out of primary care centres (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23123/15]
Tue, 16 Jun 2015
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Fuel Laundering
Patrick O'Donovan
758. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 658 to 660, inclusive, and 662 of 31 March 2015, if he will provide an update on his meeting with his counterpart from the Northern Ireland Executive; if he is satisfied that all of the necessary protections north of the Border are being put in place to protect water courses and aquifers in this jurisdiction; if he is further satisfied with the level of co-operation, enforcement and detection of the illegal activity north of the Border; if he has received requests from local authorities for financial support to cover clean up costs, since his reply to this Deputy's question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23118/15]
Wed, 10 Jun 2015
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Foreign Naval Vessels
Patrick O'Donovan
101. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, by country and by month for each of the years 2011 to 2014 and for 2015 to date the number of unauthorised foreign military naval incursions into Irish territorial waters detected by the Irish Defence Forces; the response by his Department to each incursion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22598/15]
Wed, 10 Jun 2015
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Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
Patrick O'Donovan
195. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to roll out the housing assistance payment in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22676/15]
Wed, 10 Jun 2015
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Broadcasting Charge
Patrick O'Donovan
199. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce supports for the commercial and community broadcasting sector, including radio and television, through the operation of the current television licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22599/15]
Wed, 10 Jun 2015
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Military Aircraft
Patrick O'Donovan
201. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form by country and by month for each of the years 2011 to 2014 and for 2015 to date the number of unauthorised foreign military aircraft incursions into Irish airspace; the response of his Department to each incursion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22597/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Tax Rebates
Patrick O'Donovan
292. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance if a tax refund will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; the options that are available to that person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21283/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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School Accommodation Provision
Patrick O'Donovan
944. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's position on correspondence which it received from a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow regarding the need for assistance to purchase a nearby building to facilitate expansion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21502/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Schools Building Projects Status
Patrick O'Donovan
995. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24, stating the progress made to date, the next steps and expected timeframe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22187/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Pension Provisions
Patrick O'Donovan
1065. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the pension levy is attached to the wages of retained fire officers, in view of the fact that they have no entitlement to a pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22011/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Departmental Funding
Patrick O'Donovan
1076. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the funding stream from his Department to the Irish Deaf Society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22203/15]
Thu, 28 May 2015
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Ambulance Service Provision
Patrick O'Donovan
14. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health if he has considered any improvement to the ambulance service in rural County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20547/15]
Thu, 28 May 2015
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HIQA Remit
Patrick O'Donovan
34. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend the inspection role of the Health Information and Quality Authority to the provision of private care for elderly persons and vulnerable adults in their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20546/15]