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Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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Overseas Study Placements
John Lyons
100 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered ways to increase the number of Irish student study placements in the BRIC countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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Overseas Study Placements
John Lyons
101 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider setting national targets for Irish work and study placements in European countries to aid development of language skills; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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School Curriculum
John Lyons
102 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to build up the development of soft skills and competences within second and third level education and training courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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Languages Programme
John Lyons
103 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve the supply of domestic foreign language capability to act as a boost to enterprise activity and export potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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Languages Programme
John Lyons
104 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to develop a national foreign language education policy with a five to ten year vision to provide an integrated and coherent approach to foreign language teaching in all learning contexts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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Languages Programme
John Lyons
105 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to scale up the supply of foreign language skills being taught at third level, in particular for emerging market languages; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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Public Procurement
John Lyons
118 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the proposed reforms of public procurement to support Irish firms and to allow greater access by Irish small and medium enterprises to public contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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Public Procurement
John Lyons
119 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to issue social procurement provisions and guidelines to Irish public bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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Languages Programme
John Lyons
136 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider working closely with the small and medium enterprise sector to highlight the value of foreign language capability in developing export growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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Asylum Support Services
John Lyons
260 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 393 of 10 July 2012, the education and training that will be provided in Sligo to a person (details supplied), in view of the fact that they will have to forgo a place in Dublin and if transferring a person in these circumstances is proportional and necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Social Insurance
John Lyons
270 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 3 July 2012, with regard to the four year time limit governing the refund of PRSI contributions, the reason, in this instance, no similar time limit was imposed vis-à-vis the amount of illness benefit claimed by this person since 2001; if she will outline the way such an error occurred over a very extensive period of time; and if she will reconsider the decision to rescind this person's entitlement to class A entitlements.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Waste Management
John Lyons
433 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration is being given to establishing a new independent regulatory authority for the waste management sector which would provide a greater transparency in the sector and which would have a remit to decide on the charging structure for waste services.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Drug Courts
John Lyons
599 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update in relation to the review of the drugs treatment courts; when the review will become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Inter-Country Adoptions
John Lyons
700 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the position regarding a bilateral agreement to facilitate inter-country adoptions between Ireland and Russia.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Medicinal Products
John Lyons
722 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Health if patients will be allowed to continue to receive non-generic drugs under the general medical scheme in cases where they have presented with side effects to the generic alternative.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Health Services
John Lyons
729 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to funding for a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Youth Enterprise Initiatives
John Lyons
204 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has considered any youth specific enterprise initiatives to encourage entrepreneurial activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Youth Unemployment
John Lyons
205 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has considered using the European Progress Microfinance Fund as a source of funding for youth unemployment initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Carer’s Allowance
John Lyons
231 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be assessed; and if she will expedite a decision on same.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Carer’s Allowance
John Lyons
254 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for a carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied).
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Asylum Support Services
John Lyons
393 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the decision of the Refugee Integration Agency to send a person (details supplied) to County Sligo in circumstances in which they have been accepted to a third level course in a Dublin college and they have no connections in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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Croke Park Agreement
John Lyons
281 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected level of savings through adjustments from the Croke Park agreements in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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Public Sector Pay
John Lyons
282 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of increments in 2013, 2014 and 2015 for people in the public sector who are currently in the following earning bands salary plus allowances/bonus, less than €20,000; in increments of €5,000 from €20,000 to €100,000; €100,000-€125,000; €125,000-€150,000-€200,000; greater than €200,000; if he will further provide separate tables to be provided for office holders, Deputies, judges, civil servants, public servants, those in the wider public sector including commercial semi-State bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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PRSI Contributions
John Lyons
347 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a refund in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in relation to the overpayment of PRSI contributions.
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Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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Household Charge
John Lyons
429 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the introduction of a national bin waiver scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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