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Middle East Peace Process. (23 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make funding available to a group (details supplied). [15861/09]

Community Support for Older People. (22 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is widespread anger at the decision to suspend funding for the scheme of community support for older people. This scheme has been used successfully to provide enhanced security and peace of mind for older people in their homes. It is especially important for older people living alone in rural Ireland but it is by no means confined to rural areas. Like many Deputies I have received...

Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (22 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the superprison project at Thornton Hall. [14194/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (22 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Department and the Irish Prison Service awarded contracts worth €100 million to one construction company despite only one, €4.7 million, project going to tender; the steps he has taken in the past to prevent taxpayers money being wasted in the course of prison and...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (22 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of DIRT free deposit accounts operated here by the banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15417/09]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (22 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of DIRT free deposits accounts which were opened in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15418/09]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (22 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue received by the Exchequer from DIRT tax each year from 2002 to 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15419/09]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (22 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the efforts made by his Department and the Revenue Commissioners to inform people about their potential entitlement to a DIRT free deposit account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15420/09]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (22 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people who made a claim for a tax refund on becoming unemployed in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15421/09]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (22 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the efforts made by his Department and the Revenue Commissioners to inform people about their potential entitlement to a tax refund if they are made unemployed during the tax year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15422/09]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (22 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue received by the Exchequer each year from 2004 to 2008 from the 2% levy on non-life insurance policies; the amount of same which is derived from motor insurance policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15423/09]

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (22 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (Controlled Drugs) (Declaration) Order 2009 is effective immediately; the steps that have been taken to notify retailers of the change in the law and to secure compliance; the arrangements in place with An Garda Síochána to ensure same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15411/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) is to be moved from a centre on a full-time basis. [15399/09]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (22 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views, in response to the funding difficulties that community child care groups are facing due to the changes introduced in the child care subvention scheme, on making additional supports available such as heating, electricity and rental assistance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15749/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is proposing to engage a private company to take calls regarding at-risk children and then to nominate short-term foster families for them; if so, the name of the company; if she has sought the views of or discussed this proposal with children's and human rights organisations; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the assistance available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 to obtain the drug Tysabri which they have been told is unavailable under the long-term illness scheme and costs €3,000 a month. [15833/09]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (22 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the concern of a growing number of parents and the potential damage that can be inflicted on young children by her decision not to approve the recruitment of temporary cover speech and language therapists across the service in place of therapists on maternity or parental leave or other long-term...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the numbers on the waiting lists for initial assessments for children referred to the speech and language therapy services in each of the Counties Cavan, Monaghan and Louth; the numbers in each case who have been waiting more than three months; the staffing levels and the actual in attendance levels in each of the speech and language...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has not had their initial assessment by a speech and language therapist in the Louth service, having been listed for same since 25 August 2008; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the County Louth speech and language therapy service, like the services in Counties...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (22 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 399: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on introducing a system whereby citizenship applicants can check the status of their applications on-line in view of the fact that the telephone information line is open only for a few hours each week and that callers are often unable to get through or are kept waiting on hold. [15353/09]