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Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 Jul 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to change the number of nursing hours in the theatre service of Louth County Hospital; and the way the Health Service Executive plans to re-deploy these nursing hours. [27447/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 Jul 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 385: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive plans to transfer nurses from Louth County hospital to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital; the nature of these nursing posts; the services in Louth County Hospital that will be discontinued as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27448/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 Jul 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 386: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the joint surgical department in Louth hospital is being altered and that commitments given to maintain a double on-call service are being abandoned and that this jeopardises the partnership process in Louth County Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27449/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 Jul 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 387: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a patient (details supplied) in County Louth was admitted to Our Lady of Lourdes hospital and left to sleep on a trolley in an office on the night of 26 June 2008 when there were spare beds in Louth County hospital; the further reason there is no arrangement to fully utilise the beds capacity in the Louth hospitals; and if...

Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (8 Jul 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 466: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the appointees to agencies of his Department made by the previous Minister from March 2007 to May 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27440/08]

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (8 Jul 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 550: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will issue a list of the members of the board of the Combat Poverty Agency, detailing when each member was appointed, the Minister they were appointed by and when their membership expires; and the criteria she will use to fill vacancies in the future. [27438/08]

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (8 Jul 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 551: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will issue a list of the members of the board of the Family Support Agency detailing when each member was appointed, the Minister they were appointed by and when their membership expires; and the criteria she will use to fill vacancies in the future. [27439/08]

Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (8 Jul 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 757: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the recent decision to discontinue the National Centre for Technology in Education posts of information and communication technology advisors within the education centres here; the impact this decision will have on the work of education centres, the teacher education section in his Department, the school development...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Jul 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 752: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a proposal by a school (details supplied) in County Limerick to develop a new school in conjunction with his Department meets with criteria within his Department; if this proposal will be considered by his Department; his views on whether it would enable his Department to permit the project to commence immediately and, therefore,...

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (8 Jul 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 758: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps being taken by his Department to provide a gaelcholáiste in the south Louth-east Meath area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27435/08]

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (8 Jul 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 759: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps being taken to provide second level teachers and students of Gaeilge with guidelines on the way the leaving certificate Gaeilge oral exam will be examined from 2012 to accommodate the increase in marks to 40% as announced in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27436/08]

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (8 Jul 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 760: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he plans to increase the numbers of staff on the second level support service Gaeilge team within the teacher education section of his Department to help improve spoken Gaeilge in schools here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27437/08]

National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)

Arthur Morgan: We are supposed to be debating the economy, but the Government has not put in place even a short-term plan to stabilise it or to deal with the plight of those who have lost their jobs or are at risk of losing them in the near future. Stemming the rise in unemployment and creating alternative employment is crucial. State spending on unemployment benefits is increasing as tax revenue falls....

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (9 Jul 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 60: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many people in receipt of rent supplement are forced to live in substandard accommodation; and his plans to rectify this situation. [27593/08]

Written Answers — Housing Strategy: Housing Strategy (9 Jul 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 95: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce an implementation plan outlining funding commitments and roll-out targets as an appendix to the new housing strategy; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his predecessor gave a commitment to doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27594/08]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (24 Sep 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the following matter of urgent national importance, namely, the imminent savage cutbacks in health services in the north-east region adding to the chaos already created by the stripping away of services by successive Fianna Fáil-led Governments and the need for a proper health service capable of meeting the needs of those...

Business Regulation. (24 Sep 2008)

Arthur Morgan: It is unfortunate that the economic downturn had to occur before the Government appreciated the need for this reform. However, we appreciate it and it is better late than never. Would the Minister of State agree that a number of ideas could be implemented fairly quickly, for example by having electronic versions of some of these forms available to businesses instead of hard copies? As he...

Irish Economy: Motion (24 Sep 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I thank the Labour Party for sharing time. I appreciate this and I also appreciate that Fine Gael moved this motion in its Private Members' time. It should not have been necessary, of course. The Government should have afforded at least one full day, preferably two, to debating this most important matter. The economic challenges this State faces in the coming period are substantial but...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (24 Sep 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to introduce legislation regarding collective bargaining and agency workers. [30833/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Sep 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cuts she plans to make in her Department in 2009 to deal with the public finance shortfall. [30834/08]