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Tue, 5 Nov 2013
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Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
Michael McNamara
722. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he did not include Doolin sewerage scheme in the Water Services Investment Programme 2010 - 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46973/13]
Tue, 5 Nov 2013
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Deportation Orders Data
Michael McNamara
742. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice and Equality how many deportation orders, as distinct from removal orders made against EU citizens, were made against persons of Latvian and Estonian origin, who were categorised as "non-citizens" and holders of non-citizen passports or alien's passport, respectively, in each year since their states' accession to the EU in 2004. [45949/13]
Tue, 5 Nov 2013
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Animal Disease Controls
Michael McNamara
933. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legal basis for provision 3.1 in Circular ER 14/2010 whereby if an animal sent to slaughter was not tested within the the previous 12 months but was tested within the previous 18 months and if more than 20% of the eligible animals in the herd at the date of slaughter were not tested within the previous 12 months, the holding must be trade restricted. [46622/13]
Tue, 5 Nov 2013
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Animal Disease Controls
Michael McNamara
934. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned provision 3.1 in Circular ER 14/2010, which concerns herds in respect of which more than 20% of eligible animals are not in test at the time of slaughter, amounts to a fettering of his discretion to restrict such herds as provided for in SI 3017 of 2010 and amounts to a fixed policy, contrary to law and fair procedures. [46623/13]
Tue, 22 Oct 2013
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Deportation Orders Data
Michael McNamara
392. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders, as distinct from removal orders, made against Latvian and Estonian nationals who were EU citizens, respectively, in each year since their states' accession to the EU in 2004. [44184/13]
Tue, 22 Oct 2013
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Deportation Orders Data
Michael McNamara
393. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of removal orders made against Latvian and Estonian nationals who were EU citizens, respectively, in each year since their states accession to the EU in 2004. [44185/13]
Tue, 22 Oct 2013
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Bovine Disease Controls
Michael McNamara
433. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a permit is required to bring cattle to a show whereas cattle which are under test can be brought to a mart without such a permit. [44260/13]
Tue, 22 Oct 2013
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Departmental Correspondence
Michael McNamara
434. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the circumstances in which prepaid envelopes are sent to farmers or made available to them at offices to correspond with his Department and whether there is any difference in practice between various regions. [44261/13]
Tue, 22 Oct 2013
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Departmental Offices
Michael McNamara
435. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any office dealing with veterinary, livestock or agricultural and environment structures, AES, which takes telephone calls from farmers, will be retained west of the Shannon; if it is or will be possible to speak to an officer of his Department face-to-face at such offices. [44262/13]
Tue, 15 Oct 2013
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VAT Rate Application
Michael McNamara
41. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Finance the VAT rate that applies to hurleys. [43659/13]
Tue, 15 Oct 2013
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VAT Rate Application
Michael McNamara
42. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the VAT rate that applies to hurleys in light of the spread of ash die-back disease. [43660/13]
Tue, 15 Oct 2013
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Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Appeals
Michael McNamara
146. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a decision on an appeal on partial capacity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43268/13]
Tue, 8 Oct 2013
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Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
Michael McNamara
370. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is concerned that the first thing that will greet arriving tourists in Shannon Airport is a strong smell that has been attributed to the sewerage infrastructure in the town, following a preliminary investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42266/13]
Tue, 8 Oct 2013
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Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
Michael McNamara
400. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be made available to upgrade the sewerage treatment system in Shannon following preliminary investigations by the Environmental Protection Agency which attribute the smells in the town to its sewerage infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42264/13]
Tue, 8 Oct 2013
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Environmental Protection Agency Investigations
Michael McNamara
572. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if he will commission a study to look into the effect of smells in Shannon; if he or his officials can provide assurances to Shannon residents that the smells there do not pose a threat to public health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42265/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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UN Issues
Michael McNamara
63. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is intended to continue to support the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Integrated Border Control project in the Islamic Republic of Iran, aimed at strengthening the drug interdiction capacity of the Iranian anti-narcotics police in view of the fact that at least 314 persons were executed there in 2012, many after conviction for drugs related offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36856/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Wastewater Treatment Issues
Michael McNamara
811. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the statutory basis on which a local authority can decline to take in charge an on-site wastewater treatment plant when requested to do so by the majority of owners of the houses involved in accordance with section 180(2)(a) of the Planning and Development Act 2000. [35192/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Wastewater Treatment Issues
Michael McNamara
812. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities are exposed to a liability if they did not carry out prescribed reviews of discharge to waters authorisations for private wastewater treatment plants which were subsequently found to be dysfunctional and-or non-compliant.. [35193/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Wastewater Treatment Issues
Michael McNamara
813. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if all local authorities had carried out reviews of all section 4 discharge to waters licences by 22 December 2012; if the EPA had carried out reviews of all municipal wastewater treatment plants by 22 December 2012; if there is any obligation to carry out such reviews; if the European Commission has requested information from Ireland on these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35194/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Health Services Staff Issues
Michael McNamara
1127. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the anamoly whereby nurses who will undergo training to become public health nurses next year will be guaranteed employment in advance of commencing their courses whereas those who recently completed the same course had no such guarantee and are experiencing difficulty in obtaining employment as public health nurses; if he proposes to address this anamoly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35271/13]