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Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (24 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 293: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of moving the existing information technology centres out of Dublin under the decentralisation programme; the expected cost of recruiting new IT specialists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33892/06]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 298: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to incentivise the use of E-bikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33940/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 415: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recognition given within the health system here to Tourette syndrome which can affect one in one hundred people and which is a significant disorder which may be linked to other problems such as obsessive compulsive disorders and attention deficit hyper activity, in addition to the more well known symptoms such as involuntary...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (24 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 445: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the benefits that might reasonably be expected to accrue to a least developed country such as Tanzania, which is a priority Irish Aid country, should that country agree to sign up to an economic partnership agreement with the EU, in view of the fact that LDCs already enjoy duty free and quota free access to EU markets; the way these...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (24 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 460: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will confirm reports that Enterprise Ireland has taken out a long-term lease on an office block in East Point; the number of staff this office will cater for; the percentage of the Dublin-based staff of Enterprise Ireland this constitutes; if the Office of Public Works is continuing to progress plans to locate...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: But no schools.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: I thank my colleague, Deputy McManus, for raising this important issue. One of the features that mark out a society is how it treats its poorest members and those in greatest need, particularly in areas such as health. The Government's approach has been characterised by a form of schizophrenia. Fianna Fáil appears to want to take a populist approach in which it emphasises health services...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: The Minister of State probably shares my concerns. The Minister alluded to Dean Swift's involvement in establishing a hospital. It was a private hospital under a charitable structure which reflected the fact that he was a Protestant clergyman. Like the Rotunda Hospital, a number of voluntary hospitals and the religious hospitals founded from the 19th century onwards by various Catholic...

Written Answers — HIV-AIDS Agreement: HIV-AIDS Agreement (25 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the nature of the agreement signed on 29 September 2006 with former President Mr. Bill Clinton to fight HIV and AIDS in Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34491/06]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (25 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the present position in the Democratic Republic of Congo; the initiatives proposed at EU level to help alleviate the suffering of innocent people in that country; his views on reports of effective plundering of the country's resource's and riches by states of the first world; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34490/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the population catchment and number served by his Department offices in Dublin 15 for each of the past five years; if statistics are available; the staffing levels in the same offices for each of the years since this office opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34763/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who are recipients of the social welfare payments in the Dublin 15 area for each of the main categories for example unemployment assistance, unemployment benefit, one parent family payment, pension, disability benefit, invalidity and so on for each of the years since the dedicated office in Dublin 15 was...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 237: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide comparative statistics between the Blanchardstown Social Welfare Office and other social welfare offices across Dublin of the increase in claim numbers over the past five years for each of the main categories of social welfare payments for example unemployment assistance, unemployment benefit, one parent...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 238: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has a standard set of client services to indicate the amount of time it takes his Department to process applications for payment for each of the main categories (details supplied); the average period, the shortest period and the longest period to process a claim for payment in each category for Dublin 15...

Written Answers — Film Industry Development: Film Industry Development (26 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the fact that no large scale Hollywood feature film has located here since 2003; and his further views on whether there must be a review of the structure and nature of State support for film in order to allow Ireland to compete in the international film market and to promote domestically produced films. [34805/06]

Written Answers — Ryder Cup: Ryder Cup (26 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the benefits of the staging of the Ryder Cup here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34823/06]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (26 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are proposals to amend Section 469 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 as sought by the Dyslexia Association of Ireland to allow the cost of specific tuition for dyslexia to qualify for tax relief under the heading of health expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34954/06]

Written Answers — Corporate Enforcement: Corporate Enforcement (26 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to parliamentary Question No. 961 of 27 September 2006, the status of a director (details supplied) of an Irish company who has been disqualified as a director in another EU country for a period of 20 years; if this matter has come to his attention; if the matter is being investigated; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (1 Nov 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and percentage of general practitioner only cards that have been issued; the number of GP cards waiting to be issued; the breakdown of GP cards per Health Service Executive area by number and percentage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35442/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (1 Nov 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in view of the Government's stated commitment to providing an extra 3,000 beds and of Professor Drumm's previous statements on the lack of need for extra beds in the Health Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35441/06]