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Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Hospital Appointment Status
Ciaran Lynch
939. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with an appointment at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26865/13]
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Medical Card Appeals
Ciaran Lynch
1020. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health when a determination will be made on an appeal for a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27684/13]
Thu, 30 May 2013
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Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
Ciaran Lynch
137. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made in an appeal for a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26362/13]
Thu, 30 May 2013
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Prisoner Numbers
Ciaran Lynch
196. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in prison; the number in each institution; the total number of prisoners not held in single cells or rooms; the number of these in each institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26320/13]
Thu, 30 May 2013
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Prison Accommodation Standards
Ciaran Lynch
197. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in total and in each institution that are at present in custody; the number required to slop out; the number required to use normal toilet facilities in the presence of others; the number that are sole occupants of a cell that has normal flush toilet installed or have access at all times to normal toilet facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26321/13]
Thu, 30 May 2013
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Prison Regulations
Ciaran Lynch
198. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in total and in each institution that are locked up for 23 hours or more in a normal day, for 22 to 23 hours in a normal day, for 20 to 22 hours in a normal day, for 18 to 20 hours in a normal day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26322/13]
Thu, 30 May 2013
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Prisoner Numbers
Ciaran Lynch
199. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of male and female prisoners under 21 years of age; the number in each of the institutions in which they are held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26323/13]
Thu, 30 May 2013
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Prison Education Service
Ciaran Lynch
200. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of workshop and work training posts that are vacant in each prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26324/13]
Thu, 30 May 2013
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Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
Ciaran Lynch
201. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hours the library in each prison is scheduled to open each week; the percentage of scheduled opening times that these libraries were actually open during 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26325/13]
Thu, 30 May 2013
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Prison Education Service
Ciaran Lynch
202. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the allocations within the education subhead of the prison Vote to each of the following areas of education in 2013: the education unit in each prison, each public library service involved in prisons, the Open University, the National College of Art and Design, Arts Council projects in prison, the Alternative to Violence Project and post-release educational support for prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26327/13]
Thu, 30 May 2013
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Prison Education Service
Ciaran Lynch
203. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners actively following a course with the Open University at the present time, in each institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26328/13]
Thu, 30 May 2013
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Prisoner Numbers
Ciaran Lynch
204. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans, in the interest of transparency, to publish on the Irish Prison Service website the numbers in custody in each institution on a daily basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26330/13]
Thu, 30 May 2013
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Prison Regulations
Ciaran Lynch
205. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in each institution who are diagnosed as on an enhanced regime, a standard regime or a basic regime, under the new incentivised regime arrangements; the weekly gratuity paid in each of these three categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26331/13]
Thu, 30 May 2013
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Prison Policies
Ciaran Lynch
210. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the incentives, excluding new gratuity rates, that have been made available to underpin the incentivised regimes policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26434/13]
Thu, 30 May 2013
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Prison Staff
Ciaran Lynch
211. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of officers that have been made available to integrated sentence management in each prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26435/13]
Thu, 30 May 2013
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Prison Policies
Ciaran Lynch
212. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if individual incentivised regime policies have been introduced in each prison; if he will detail these individual policies; the number of prisoners involved in these policies in each prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26436/13]
Thu, 30 May 2013
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Drugs in Prisons
Ciaran Lynch
213. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the review carried out in 2012 by the Irish Prison Service of its drug treatment policy; the policies it produced; the extent to which those policies have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26437/13]
Wed, 29 May 2013
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Pension Provisions
Ciaran Lynch
97. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Skills the resolution that will be offered to the pension difficulties of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26075/13]
Wed, 29 May 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Appeals
Ciaran Lynch
111. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a determination will be made on a grant application appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26276/13]
Wed, 29 May 2013
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Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
Ciaran Lynch
237. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health when a mobility aid will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26045/13]
Tue, 28 May 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Applications
Ciaran Lynch
226. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a determination will be made regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25084/13]
Thu, 23 May 2013
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Disability Allowance Appeals
Ciaran Lynch
94. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in county Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24896/13]
Thu, 23 May 2013
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Adoption Services Provision
Ciaran Lynch
197. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applicant adoptive parents at present undertaking research with a view to adoption from Russia and the other countries where inter-country adoption is possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24839/13]
Tue, 21 May 2013
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Health Services Provision
Ciaran Lynch
676. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with necessary eye treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24306/13]
Wed, 15 May 2013
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Education Schemes
Ciaran Lynch
131. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a health care assistant course run by a private company (details supplied) under the auspices of his Department does not provide jobseekers with supports equivalent to those provided on similar courses run directly by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23123/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Overseas Development Aid Provision
Ciaran Lynch
155. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is expected that Ireland will honour its commitment to reach a target of spending 0.7% of our national income on overseas aid by 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22223/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Proposed Legislation
Ciaran Lynch
254. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the position of community education is secured under the provision of the SOLAS Bill (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22359/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Taxi Regulations
Ciaran Lynch
727. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations pertaining to the provision and use of pedal rickshaws for hire; if there are different requirements for powered rickshaws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22233/13]
Wed, 8 May 2013
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Higher Education Institutions Expenditure
Ciaran Lynch
82. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Skills in regard to each separately of the seven universities and 14 institutes of technology, the percentage of staff that are academics and-or lecturers and the percentage that are administrators; the contracted working week for administrators in each institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21603/13]
Wed, 8 May 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
Ciaran Lynch
88. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a special rate grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21669/13]
Tue, 7 May 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Appeals
Ciaran Lynch
182. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a determination will be made in a grant application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21453/13]
Tue, 7 May 2013
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Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
Ciaran Lynch
225. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate the legislation that governs the invitation of a social welfare recipient to an interview under caution; the wording (details supplied) prescribed in law; the effort made to advise the recipient of their rights when being interviewed under caution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21399/13]
Tue, 7 May 2013
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Household Benefits
Ciaran Lynch
255. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if it is intended that the proposed broadcasting charge will replace the TV licence charge as part of the household benefits package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21376/13]
Tue, 7 May 2013
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Hospital Services
Ciaran Lynch
403. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an evaluation of the performance of University College Hospital Galway’s management of diabetic foot disease against the management standards for the condition, set down in the Health Service Executive’s 2011 model of care for the diabetic foot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21462/13]
Thu, 2 May 2013
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Medical Card Appeals
Ciaran Lynch
221. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health if he will review the refusal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20872/13]
Wed, 1 May 2013
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National Clinical Programme for Diabetes
Ciaran Lynch
202. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an evaluation of the performance of James Connolly Hospital, Dublin, management of diabetic foot disease against the management standards for the condition, set down in the Health Service Executive's 2011 model of care for the diabetic foot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20516/13]
Wed, 1 May 2013
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National Clinical Programme for Diabetes
Ciaran Lynch
203. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with diabetes that were seen in St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, during 2012 suffering from moderate foot disease, high risk foot disease and active foot disease; if they were seen within the timeframe set out in the Health Service Executive's model of care for the diabetic foot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20517/13]
Wed, 1 May 2013
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National Clinical Programme for Diabetes
Ciaran Lynch
204. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an evaluation of the performance of St. Vincent's Hospital's management of diabetic foot disease against the management standards for the condition, set down in the Health Service Executive's 2011 Model of Care for the Diabetic Foot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20518/13]
Wed, 1 May 2013
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National Clinical Programme for Diabetes
Ciaran Lynch
205. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an evaluation of the performance of St. James' Hospital's management of diabetic foot disease against the management standards for the condition, set down in the Health Service Executive's 2011 model of care for the diabetic foot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20519/13]
Wed, 1 May 2013
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National Clinical Programme for Diabetes
Ciaran Lynch
206. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with diabetes that were seen in St. James' Hospital during 2012 suffering from moderate foot disease, high risk foot disease and active foot disease; if they were seen within the timeframe set out in the Health Service Executive's model of care for the diabetic foot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20520/13]
Wed, 1 May 2013
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National Clinical Programme for Diabetes
Ciaran Lynch
207. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an evaluation of the performance of AMNCH Hospital Tallaght's management of diabetic foot disease against the management standards for the condition, set down in the Health Service Executive's 2011 model of care for the diabetic foot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20521/13]
Wed, 1 May 2013
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National Clinical Programme for Diabetes
Ciaran Lynch
208. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with diabetes that were seen in AMNCH Hospital Tallaght's during 2012 suffering from moderate foot disease, high risk foot disease and active foot disease; if they were seen within the timelines set out in the Health Service Executive's model of care for the diabetic foot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20522/13]
Wed, 1 May 2013
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National Clinical Programme for Diabetes
Ciaran Lynch
209. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with diabetes that were seen in the Mater Hospital, Dublin, during 2012 suffering from moderate foot disease, high risk foot disease and active foot disease; if they were seen within the timelines set out in the Health Service Executive's model of care for the diabetic foot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20523/13]
Wed, 1 May 2013
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National Clinical Programme for Diabetes
Ciaran Lynch
210. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with diabetes that were seen in University College Hospital, Galway, during 2012 suffering from moderate foot disease, high risk foot disease, active foot disease and if they were seen within the timelines set out in the Health Service Executive’s model of care for the diabetic foot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20524/13]
Wed, 1 May 2013
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National Clinical Programme for Diabetes
Ciaran Lynch
224. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with diabetes that were seen in James Connolly Hospital during 2012 suffering from moderate foot disease, high risk foot disease, active foot disease and if they were seen within the timelines set out in the Health Service Executive’s model of care for the diabetic foot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20539/13]
Wed, 1 May 2013
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National Clinical Programme for Diabetes
Ciaran Lynch
225. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with diabetes that were seen in Waterford Regional Hospital during 2012 suffering from moderate foot disease, high risk foot disease, active foot disease and if they were seen within the timelines set out in the Health Service Executive’s model of care for the diabetic foot [20540/13]
Wed, 1 May 2013
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National Clinical Programme for Diabetes
Ciaran Lynch
226. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an evaluation of the performance of the Mater Hospital’s management of diabetic foot disease against the management standards for the condition, set down in the Health Service Executive’s 2011 model of care for the diabetic foot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20541/13]
Wed, 1 May 2013
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National Clinical Programme for Diabetes
Ciaran Lynch
227. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with diabetes that were seen in Cork University Hospital during 2012 suffering from moderate foot disease, high risk foot disease, active foot disease and if they were seen within the timelines set out in the Health Service Executive’s model of care for the diabetic foot [20542/13]
Wed, 1 May 2013
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National Clinical Programme for Diabetes
Ciaran Lynch
228. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with diabetes that were seen in Limerick Regional Hospital during 2012 suffering from moderate foot disease, high risk foot disease, active foot disease and if they were seen within the timelines set out in the Health Service Executive’s model of care for the diabetic foot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20543/13]
Tue, 30 Apr 2013
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Carer's Allowance Appeals
Ciaran Lynch
322. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the refusal of a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20272/13]