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Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (4 Jul 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 697: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children under nine years who are in classes of over 20 pupils in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25854/06]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (4 Jul 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 698: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children under nine years who are in classes of over 20 pupils in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25855/06]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (4 Jul 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 699: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children under nine years who are in classes of over 20 pupils in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25856/06]

Written Answers — Pre-School Services: Pre-School Services (4 Jul 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 754: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the role of Montessori in developing early childhood education; if her Department has recognised the system for funding and recognised its association as an acceptable regulatory body for developing standards; and the role that she foresees for Montessori in the continuing development of services under her Department. [26388/06]

National Wage Agreement: Statements. (5 Jul 2006)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Taoiseach for bringing this document to the Houses. It is extraordinary that we are setting out programmes for the next decade when the Dáil never had any role in Sustaining Progress. There was no prior debate on the framework within which it should be negotiated, no discussion on its proposals, no adoption or ratification by Parliament and no monitoring report of the numerous...

Government Record: Motion (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Richard Bruton: Last night and tonight we saw the start of a campaign to spread fatalism about the country's capacity to do better. Government members want us to leave it to them. They say the Opposition cannot agree on policies or strategies and that we should leave it to them to manage technical change in the way they managed e-voting and the health computer systems. They say we should leave it to them to...

Criminal Justice Bill 2006: From the Seanad. (5 Jul 2006)

Richard Bruton: To protect us from this.

National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: From the Seanad. (5 Jul 2006)

Richard Bruton: I have no objection to these amendments being made. I still regret the Bill has missed the opportunity to forge a more mature relationship between the Oireachtas and the various institutions of the social partnership of which these are prominent parts. As I said earlier, the Dáil should have a role in shaping the agenda of social partnership. Currently that is a task primarily done by the...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (5 Jul 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if it is intended that digital television will be free to air; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26528/06]

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (5 Jul 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his Department's policy in regard to the future development of An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26527/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Jul 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 178 and 179 of 4 April 2006, if she will provide a copy of the report she received from the Health Service Executive; if she will provide the costing as per Parliamentary Question No. 178; and if she has reviewed security at this location following a serious incident (details...

Disposal of Shares in Aer Lingus Group plc: Motion. (6 Jul 2006)

Richard Bruton: I wish to share time with Deputy Seán Ryan. The position paper presented by the Minister today is a joke. I would have expected an approach that would have made a serious attempt to set out a White Paper addressing the strategic issues, the tests of success of the project from the point of view of the taxpayer, the travelling public and international access to the country, and the critical...

Written Answers — General Register Office: General Register Office (6 Jul 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the implementation of the Civil Registration Act 2004, with particular reference to the creation of two non-statutory advisory committees to which a commitment was given to establish when the Act was commenced. [27463/06]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (6 Jul 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost, the capacity, the specialties and the time scale of the proposed new Children's Hospital at the Mater site; the facilities for children which will be available elsewhere in the city for urgent care and admission. [27729/06]

Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (6 Jul 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the urgent care centres planned for three locations in Dublin will open at each centre; the staff to be appointed to each, and the hours of opening; and the reason they did not open in 2005 as promised at Estimates time. [27731/06]

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (6 Jul 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the new MRI scanner promised for Beaumont Hospital will be available to the public; the expected annual usage of the scanner; and the reason there has been a delay. [27732/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (6 Jul 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans she envisages for the development of facilities at St. Joseph's Hospital in Raheny and if they were included in the five year capital programme which she recently announced. [27733/06]

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (6 Jul 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proportion of patients treated within one hour, within four hours and so on, in different categories of urgency at each of the Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford and Kilkenny accident and emergency departments in the most recent years for which data is available. [27734/06]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (6 Jul 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of private nursing home subventions granted in each year since 2002; and the number of beds in each year since 2002. [27829/06]

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (6 Jul 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the reports by a company (details supplied) on the operation of individual hospitals' accident and emergency departments have not been published. [27949/06]