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Written Answers — Bullying in the Workplace: Bullying in the Workplace (24 Feb 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average length of time taken to deal with a complaint of bullying, harassment or intimidation; the duration of the longest running investigation from lodging the informal complaint to the issuing of the report on the formal investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7154/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Feb 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a design team will be appointed for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7155/09]

Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme: Statements (26 Feb 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am glad to have an opportunity to contribute to this debate on diabetes, given its increasing prevalence. Approximately 250,000 people are affected by this illness and, as previous speakers have said, we should have a national diabetes strategy. Primary, secondary and tertiary care remain generally unsupported in this country. Deputy Reilly, who has experience in this area, pointed out...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (26 Feb 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the work of hundreds of volunteers in youth organisations will be undermined if there is a significant cutback in the funding to voluntary youth organisations in north Kerry and west Limerick by the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs; if she will provide a commitment...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (26 Feb 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that significant reductions in funding from the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to youth organisations working in north Kerry and west Limerick, and in particular in towns such as Tralee, Listowel, Tarbert and Abbeyfeale may lead to the closure of youth projects and...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (26 Feb 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will commit to minimising the impact of the cuts from the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to the youth service budget on young people and youth services in north Kerry and west Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8178/09]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (26 Feb 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a grant will be approved in respect of a centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8145/09]

Written Answers — Asgard I Conservation: Asgard I Conservation (3 Mar 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the conservation work on the [i]Asgard I [/i]will be completed; if it is his intention to exhibit the restored vessel in different locations around the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3384/09]

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (3 Mar 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Service Executive to consider providing an accident and emergency facility for Killarney and the south Kerry region during the peak tourist season from May to October, which would include X-ray facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8794/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Mar 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the measures put in place by her in conjunction with other Departments to meet the growing applications for assistance by people struggling to meet mortgage repayments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9159/09]

Marine Accidents. (10 Mar 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Defence the net amount that will be received by the State as an insurance payment in respect of the sinking of the [i]Asgard II[/i]; the reason it was decided not to salvage the vessel; his plans for replacing the vessel, including the estimated cost of a replacement; his plans for a temporary replacement pending a permanent solution; and if he will make...

Marine Accidents. (10 Mar 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: Is the Minister aware of comments made by the former captain of the Asgard, Captain Newport? He said he believed that the Asgard could be salvaged, repaired and hopefully restored as a sail training vessel. Is the Minister also aware of similar observations by the Asgard's crew? In addition, a person who was there at the time of the last survey felt the ship was in sufficient shape to be...

Marine Accidents. (10 Mar 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: Does the Minister think there is an obligation on the Government to remove the vessel from French waters? Who owns the Asgard now? Has it been abandoned or is it still in our ownership? Is there anything to prevent some other country or group from salvaging the ship? Are they free to do so now? If the Minister has decided to abandon the Asgard for the reasons he outlined, does he not...

Marine Accidents. (10 Mar 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: Do they own the boat?

Overseas Missions. (10 Mar 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Defence the contingency measures that have been put in place for the protection of members of the Irish Defence Forces on duty with EUFOR in Chad and due to remain as part of the UN mission in view of the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for the President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, on charges of war crimes and five counts of...

Overseas Missions. (10 Mar 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: According to today's The New York Times, the American embassy in the Sudan is allowing a large number of its staff leave the country. Embassies beginning to move staff out of countries is a serious development. Of the 85 NGOs operating in the Sudan, up to 16 have been expelled by the Sudanese President with threats to the others. If the peacekeepers were moved from Darfur, it could lead to...

Overseas Missions. (10 Mar 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: Are the logistics in place to move our mission in the event of a doomsday situation? Is the Minister confident of our troops' safety in the event of a large movement of people from Darfur into Chad should what is being threatened by President al-Bashir come to pass?

Army Barracks. (10 Mar 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Defence if work will commence in 2009 on renovating and converting C house, Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin, to single officers quarters in order to alleviate the situation of officers forced to live in steel containers at that barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9878/09]

Army Barracks. (10 Mar 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: I visited Cathal Brugha Barracks and saw the containers in question. I do not agree with the Minister's assertion that they are comfortable and suitable for officers trying to study for examinations. It is unfair to state that these are the type of containers used on foreign missions. There is a major difference between soldiers operating on foreign missions and those at home trying to...

Army Barracks. (10 Mar 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Minister is aware, those in the Army will do what the Minister asks of them. In that context, if young officers such as those to whom I refer are asked to live in containers, they will do so. The figures I possess do not indicate that €1.6 million would be required to complete the refurbishment of C house, or an adequate portion of it, to enable the officers in question to be...