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Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (1 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement detailing the person who will be taking on responsibility for the overall delivery of the national drugs strategy in view of the Taoiseach's decision not to expressly assign any Department. [14063/10]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (1 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on allowing for a VAT refund or disregard for works carried out on homes to adapt them to make them more accessible for disabled persons in the same way as a VAT refund is available on adaption works carried out on vehicles for disabled users; and if not; if he will give the matter consideration. [14339/10]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (1 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 23 March 2010, if he will make a statement detailing the respective sets of assumptions and reference periods referred to by him in his reply on which the very different public pension spending projections contained in the national pensions framework and the OECD Economic Survey: Ireland 2009 were...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (1 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on changing the law to designate specific spaces on public buses and trains for wheelchair users only, to ensure they are not left behind at rush hour and at other busy times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14340/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Social Affairs how a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 was told by his Department on 16 March 2010 that they owed his Department a sum of money; his views on whether it is reasonable that they will be deducted the sum of €19 weekly from 8 April 2010 even though they are on invalidity pension and have no other source of income. [14399/10]

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (1 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 197 and 198 of 24 March 2010, the way the supports provided to primary schools to date by the Walk Tall Support Service, which she is in the process of abolishing, can be integrated into the Social Personal and Health Education support in view of the fact the 50% cut to SPHE...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (1 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will reverse the decision to abolish the Walk Tall Support Programme at primary level in view of the fact that under the newly reconfigured education support service there is no drugs focus as all support will be generic. [14416/10]

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (31 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the case of a missing person (details supplied), the discussion he has had with the Garda Síochána Commissioner regarding the case and the perceived inaction on the case to date; the slow response to the family's call for assistance in searching various locations in and around the...

EU Summits. (31 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will push for the adoption by the European Council at its meeting on 25 and 26 March 2010 of a commitment from each member state to reduce by 25% the number of its own population living in poverty by 2020 as a core target to be contained in the EU 2020 strategy. [12636/10]

EU Summits. (31 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will push for the adoption by the European Council at its meeting on 25 and 26 March 2010 of annual or biannual poverty reduction targets leading up to 2020 in the EU 2020 strategy. [12637/10]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (31 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ba mhaith liom an Dáil a chur ar athló chun an cheist rí-thábhachtach seo a phlé, the need to discuss the report published yesterday by the Human Rights Commission on the provision of care for people with disabilities at a centre in Galway which has ramifications for 8,000 adults and 400 children living with disability across this State and, the need for the Government to reverse the...

Written Answers — European External Action Service: European External Action Service (30 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is satisfied that the new EU Foreign Policy Chief and External Action Service will respect the neutral status of our nation and afford Ireland equal input into common foreign policy in view of the fact that we have already been excluded from a meeting of the Baroness with a number of foreign ministers that took place in Finland over...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 has been landed with a debt of €9,000 for funeral expenses in respect of the burial of a family member. [13858/10]

Banking System: Motion (30 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta Morgan as a chuid ama a roinnt liom chun déileáil leis an cheist ríthábhachtach seo. Ceist é nach bhfuil tacaíocht ag an Rialtas: níor sheas sé i dtoghchán, agus níl sé sásta seasamh i dtoghchán chun tacaíocht a fháil don chinneadh atá sé tar éis glacadh agus atá sé ag glacadh inniu. Is scannal é sin, agus tá sé ag tógáil céim...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (30 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ba mhaith liom an Dáil a chur ar athló chun an cheist rí-thábhachtach seo a phlé, the failure of the Government to address the dangers posed to our communities by the proliferation of head shops, of which there are now more than 100. Ireland has the highest number of head shops per head of population of any country in Europe. Not only is great harm caused by the unregulated sale of...

Departmental Committees. (30 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Did the emergency response committee discuss whether the ability of local authorities to deal with the flooding and the freeze was impaired by the ban on local authority recruitment? Local authority workers are already under pressure because of the jobs embargo, pay cuts and, in many cases, overtime bans. Last April, the local authority professional officers branch of SIPTU stated that the...

Departmental Committees. (30 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I ask the Taoiseach whether he is aware of this issue and if the emergency response committee considered it. If we are to experience another emergency, we will be relying on these very grades and people. What was the committee's response to the issue of public health and safety of our water supplies, which are threatened because of the shortage of engineers? Experienced engineers are...

Departmental Committees. (30 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It will be brief. What lessons have been learned such that we can deal with any further emergency in terms of water supplies? I refer to the salt and grit levels. Have stocks been fully replenished and has there been a full evaluation of whether the size of the supplies and the stock on hand is large enough to deal with another bad winter? What steps have been taken to ensure this is the...

National Drugs Strategy. (25 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Gabhaim comhghairdeas leis an Aire Stáit as a phost nua ach is trua gur eisean atá anseo anois, mar is cáineadh ar an Rialtas é an méid atá le rá agam. Níl an Aire Stáit ach díreach tar éis a phost nua a ghlacadh. The national drugs strategy is in crisis and the Government, in particular the Department of Education and Science, has chosen to abandon the strategy and the thousands...

Written Answers — Taxi Regulation: Taxi Regulation (25 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the current multi-agency checkpoints and operations aimed at ensuring compliance by taxi drivers with taxi regulations and tax obligations, in which the Garda Síochána participate, are insufficient to address issues of illegal taxi driving, tax evasion and welfare fraud; if the number of these operations...