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Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Taoiseach not comment on that?

Health Services: Motion. (24 Oct 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I am very glad of the opportunity to support this critical motion and I congratulate Deputy McManus on its comprehensiveness and clarity. This is not one of the run-of-the-mill debates we have during Private Members' business about a particular identified need or an undelivered facility required in one part of the country or another; rather, it presents one of the rare opportunities the...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (24 Oct 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will assist to pay increases in gas and electricity costs which is causing hardship to schools in disadvantaged areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34110/06]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (24 Oct 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the estimated cost of providing laboratory assistants for science subjects in post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34111/06]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (24 Oct 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 677: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if sanction to tender has been given for Coolgreany sewerage scheme, County Wexford; when it is expected that work will commence on this scheme; the period of construction and the expected cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33962/06]

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (25 Oct 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the outcome of the St. Andrews negotiations on political progress in Northern Ireland; if he is confident that the Assembly and Executive can be re-established in the immediate future; if the two Governments have a Plan B in the event of failure of the St. Andrews initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (25 Oct 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, further to the St. Andrews negotiations, he expects Sinn Féin to fully endorse the Police Service of Northern Ireland and take their seats on the policing board in the near future; if the two Governments have insisted that both these steps are required for political progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34503/06]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (26 Oct 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he expects to launch the results of Tourism Ireland's review of the North American market; the estimate as to the economic value of visitors from North America to Ireland; his views on whether the national tourist industry is in a position to exploit the benefits of increased numbers of North American visitors during the...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (1 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recent OECD Report which found that child care costs here are among the highest in Europe and are rising far faster than inflation; the steps she will take to ensure affordable child care for parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30636/06]

Written Answers — Health Strategy: Health Strategy (1 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on figures from the Public Health Alliance that the death rates for all cancers among the lowest occupational class is over twice as high for the highest class, it is nearly three times higher for strokes, four times higher for lung cancer, and six times higher for accidents; the way she intends to combat such inequalities...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (2 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Transport when he proposes to extend the powers of traffic wardens in respect of traffic enforcement. [35760/06]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (2 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Transport when he proposes to fully commence all sections of the Road Traffic Act 2006. [35759/06]

Crime Levels. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Counting differently.

Crime Levels. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Perpetual.

Crime Levels. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: There is a question later on firearms.

Crime Levels. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister should answer the question.

Crime Levels. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister made an assault on the Deputy and he has no opportunity——

Drug Seizures. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the increase in the number of drug offences recorded in the Central Statistics Office figures for the third quarter of 2006; the amount and value of heroin and cocaine seized since the beginning of 2006; the way this compares to the same period in 2005; if the gardaí have an estimate of the...

Drug Seizures. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Does the Minister agree that the most worrying fact in the statistics issued by the Central Statistics Office, and I welcome the involvement of the CSO in crime figures analysis and presentation, was the increase of 25.8% — more than a quarter — in the number of possession of drugs for sale or supply offences? Obviously, interdicted drugs are all that manifest themselves, and I publicly...

Proposed Legislation. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: No, the lawyers would say that she could take a case but they could not guarantee that she would be successful.