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Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Harbours and Piers Funding
Noel Harrington
534. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide aids to navigation including a leading light to Ardgroom Harbour, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40664/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Firearms Licences
Noel Harrington
1060. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the legal position regarding SI 307 of 2009, section 4, as raised by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37325/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
Noel Harrington
1191. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the payment of agri-environment options scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37822/13]
Tue, 9 Jul 2013
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Home Help Service Provision
Noel Harrington
511. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Health the total number of hours provided in the home help service in each of the last three years and the projected number of hours to be provided this year in west Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33138/13]
Thu, 4 Jul 2013
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
Noel Harrington
230. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payment of an agri-environment option scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32625/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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Special Educational Needs Services Provision
Noel Harrington
96. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the special needs assistant allocation for a child (details supplied) in County Cork currently receiving full-time assistance will be maintained for the upcoming year, as it is due to be halved, which will have adverse consequences for their learning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32386/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
Noel Harrington
457. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a detailed breakdown for all applicants for basic supplementary welfare allowance of the way the means test is calculated; if she will make it departmental policy that this would be issued in future to all applicants for basic supplementary welfare allowance in line with other schemes involving a means test administered by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31793/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Water Services Funding
Noel Harrington
415. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that he has received an application (details supplied) from Cork County Council; the date on which this application will be processed and funding granted for rehabilitating the water mains on an island and the relaying of 12 km of water main in order that an essential road restoration programme can be progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30158/13]
Thu, 13 Jun 2013
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Broadband Service Provision
Noel Harrington
105. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will investigate the options of providing a satisfactory broadband service for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28450/13]
Thu, 13 Jun 2013
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Animal Diseases
Noel Harrington
176. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will bring forward a scheduled TB and brucellosis herd test in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28497/13]
Thu, 13 Jun 2013
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HSE Correspondence
Noel Harrington
198. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 596 of 14 May 2013 the reason the Health Service Executive has not issued a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28432/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Waste Generation Survey
Noel Harrington
97. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Taoiseach if he satisfied that the Waste Generation Survey 2012 conducted recently by the Central Statistics Office meets with the commitment to reduce bureaucracy and red tape for small and medium enterprises in that a one page survey has two instruction manuals one of five pages on how to fill in the details and one of 77 pages on the technical terms that must be used in completing the survey which is statutory to complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26645/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Social Welfare Overpayments
Noel Harrington
471. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of a claimed overpayment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork when the payment in question was from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27968/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Fish Landings
Noel Harrington
832. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Castletownbere harbour, County Cork, will be included as a designated port as set out in the NEAFC scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27935/13]
Tue, 28 May 2013
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Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals
Noel Harrington
553. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal made in writing in March 2012, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork on receipt of documentation from his Department following an inspection in July 2011 on their lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25131/13]
Tue, 28 May 2013
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Single Payment Scheme Payments
Noel Harrington
585. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a deduction was made from a single farm payment in 2012 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25848/13]
Tue, 28 May 2013
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Forestry Grants
Noel Harrington
586. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a forestry grant will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25849/13]
Thu, 23 May 2013
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Substance Misuse
Noel Harrington
213. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Health his proposal relating to a minimum price for alcohol in view of the ruling by the Scottish Supreme Court in favour of the legality of the Scottish Government's plans to introduce minimum pricing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24895/13]
Tue, 21 May 2013
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Broadband Service Speeds
Noel Harrington
470. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are any plans to upgrade the broadband service currently available in Castletownbere, County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24325/13]
Tue, 21 May 2013
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Tourism Project Funding
Noel Harrington
725. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in a tabular form a list of all the grants made by Fáilte Ireland to organisations or groups organising events within Ireland for the years 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24276/13]
Wed, 15 May 2013
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Safety at Sea Issues
Noel Harrington
74. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will initiate a cross-departmental review of maritime safety and investigate the possibility of putting in place a maritime safety strategy modelled on the road safety strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22680/13]
Wed, 15 May 2013
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Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
Noel Harrington
233. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a REP scheme 4 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23169/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Property Taxation Administration
Noel Harrington
434. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way he intends to distribute the remaining 20% of the revenue received from the local property tax in view of the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22401/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
Noel Harrington
506. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not received their REP scheme payment in full for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22258/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Noel Harrington
596. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied ) will be called for an appointment by a consultant in the South Infirmary Hospital Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22237/13]
Thu, 9 May 2013
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Local Authority Housing
Noel Harrington
153. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing offers in each of the councils that were refused in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22119/13]
Thu, 9 May 2013
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Local Authority Housing
Noel Harrington
154. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing offers in each of the councils that a housing unit was refused more than once; the number of refusals for that unit in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22120/13]
Tue, 7 May 2013
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Naval Service Vessels
Noel Harrington
308. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Defence his plans to replace vessels in the naval fleet over the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21431/13]
Tue, 7 May 2013
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Defence Forces Reserve Training
Noel Harrington
309. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Defence if he will outline his plans for the future and maintaining of the Reserve Defence Force's base on Bere Island, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21432/13]
Wed, 1 May 2013
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Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
Noel Harrington
197. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a rural environment protection scheme 4 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20684/13]
Tue, 30 Apr 2013
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Motor Tax Collection
Noel Harrington
385. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will state for the financial year of 2012, the number of vehicles that were granted the concession road tax rate for vintage vehicles; if he will provide a breakdown of the years of these vehicles, the classes of these vehicles, the horsepower categories of these vehicles and the total cost to the Exchequer of these concessions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20247/13]
Tue, 30 Apr 2013
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Fish Landings
Noel Harrington
478. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the total fish landings for Irish flagged, foreign flagged, and for aquaculture at each of the six major fishery harbour centres in terms of total tonnage and value for the year 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20148/13]
Tue, 30 Apr 2013
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
Noel Harrington
489. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for an agri-environment options scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20357/13]
Thu, 25 Apr 2013
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Departmental Staff Data
Noel Harrington
100. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of medical assessors at present in the Department; if there are plans to increase this number to alleviate the backlog of medically based reviews and appeals that the Department is experiencing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19509/13]
Thu, 25 Apr 2013
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Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
Noel Harrington
147. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a sewage scheme (details supplied) in County Cork; when he expects the project works to commence; the expected timetable for its completion; if he will confirm that funding will be provided by his Department to complete the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19637/13]
Thu, 25 Apr 2013
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
Noel Harrington
179. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the 2011 agri-environment options scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19492/13]
Wed, 24 Apr 2013
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Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
Noel Harrington
32. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will state for each payment issued by the schemes administered by her Department the processing time that it is currently taking to process these from the date of application to the final decision to award payment ; if she will provide a further breakdown for each payment stating the time taken for the initial process to record the application on the system, the time taken to process a means test if applicable, the time to process a habitual residence check if applicable, the time to process the medical examination if applicable, the time taken to process all other checks for each payment; the steps she has taken to reduce these processing times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18702/13]
Thu, 28 Mar 2013
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Nursing Home Services
Noel Harrington
245. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Health his preferred ratio of public versus private long-stay bed provision in the community for the future in view of the closure of two long stay care facilities in Bandon and Innishannon, County Cork, in recent times; if will undertake to review and commit to the extension of Bandon Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15860/13]
Thu, 28 Mar 2013
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Rural Transport Programme Issues
Noel Harrington
250. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the rural transport scheme in west Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15861/13]
Wed, 27 Mar 2013
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Road Maintenance
Noel Harrington
315. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to ensure that funds for regional and local roads are being targeted at essential maintenance work to the greatest extent possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15399/13]
Thu, 21 Mar 2013
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
Noel Harrington
220. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have their agri-environment options scheme application processed and payment issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14379/13]
Wed, 20 Mar 2013
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Hospital Acquired Infections
Noel Harrington
58. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle MRSA in Mercy University Hospital, Cork; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14277/13]
Wed, 20 Mar 2013
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Dental Services Waiting Lists
Noel Harrington
454. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be called for dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14121/13]
Thu, 14 Mar 2013
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Ferry Operations
Noel Harrington
75. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the arrangements made by his Department for the transport of animals to and from the mainland to Dursey Island in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13501/13]
Wed, 13 Mar 2013
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Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
Noel Harrington
176. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a REP scheme 2012 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13286/13]
Tue, 12 Mar 2013
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Grassland Sheep Scheme Applications
Noel Harrington
505. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal for grassland sheep scheme payments for 2010 and 2011 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12377/13]
Wed, 6 Mar 2013
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Hospitals Building Programme
Noel Harrington
232. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Health the progress being made on the development of Schull Community Hospital, County Cork; the timetable for the completion of phases two and three; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11778/13]
Tue, 5 Mar 2013
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Carer's Allowance Appeals
Noel Harrington
279. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) to include further medical evidence submitted subsequent to the original decision by the deciding officer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11279/13]
Tue, 5 Mar 2013
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Defence Forces Reserve Training
Noel Harrington
403. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Defence the reason the briefing on the reorganisation of the Reserve Defence Forces in the allocated training centre under the jurisdiction of the 12th Battalion Limerick did not take place in Skibbereen as previously agreed and directed by the Chief of Staff thus incurring high costs for each of the members of the reserve forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11282/13]
Wed, 27 Feb 2013
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Disability Allowance Applications
Noel Harrington
178. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the refusal of application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10532/13]