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Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (9 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the lands at St Brendan's Hospital, Grangegorman were sold; the amount which was paid; when this money was handed over; and the proportion of this money which has been re-invested in the mental health services. [17250/06]

Written Answers — Pre-school Services: Pre-school Services (9 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 4 April 2006, if her attention has been drawn to the Health Service Executive reply, which states that a report into hearing screening has been completed and is under consideration but no funding has been allocated to advance the project; if she will introduce the funding to...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 4 April 2006. [17412/06]

Written Answers — Construction Sector: Construction Sector (9 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the practice by some companies, particularly in the construction field, of listing job vacancies only in eastern European languages; if such advertisements are investigated to ensure the company is not deliberately recruiting migrant workers with the intent of paying substandard wages;...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (9 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 246: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to concerns that migrant agricultural workers in the Border regions are being shunted by their employers from one side of the Border to the other in order to evade each jurisdiction's employment laws; if labour inspectors working in Border regions are specifically trained to look out for...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (9 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 486: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will approve the Killybegs waste water treatment scheme to go to tender, in particular the networks and pumping station element, bearing in mind that this scheme is prioritised since the 1994 capital programme. [16921/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, with regard to the qualifying criteria for unemployment benefit or assistance, deciding officers can rule negatively in cases where fire service personnel state that they must seek employment within the geographical area of their retainer contract with the local authority; if there are circumstances in which fire service...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (10 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 3 May 2006, if the parents apply for naturalisation prior to the child reaching five years of age, would they not be allowed to apply at the same time on their child's behalf; if not, his views on the peculiarity of the situation that will arise when children who were born in and...

Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The hepatitis C and HIV compensation tribunal amendment Bill was promised in the last term. It is promised now again in this term, namely, the summer session. Will the Minister say when the Bill will be published and when it will make its way before Members of the Oireachtas?

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (11 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish to share time with Deputies Gormley, Catherine Murphy and Cowley. I will put the Minister of State at ease by saying that I welcome the Bill which is designed to place the existing subvention scheme for private nursing home care on the basis of primary legislation. The Government has stated that this legislation will also assist the Health Service Executive to implement the scheme on a...

Written Answers — Child Support: Child Support (11 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the back to school clothing and footwear allowance is adequate; and if he will increase this allowance. [17558/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he intends to progress with the granting of free travel to all beneficiaries of an Irish pension; and when he proposes to do so. [17559/06]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (11 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the hospital sites earmarked to date for the development of private hospitals under her scheme to gift land at public hospital sites to developers of private hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17789/06]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (11 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if proposed projects under her scheme to gift land at public hospital sites to developers of private hospitals are approved or otherwise in her Department upon the proposal of the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17790/06]

Programme for Government. (16 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on progress in the implementation of the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16086/06]

Programme for Government. (16 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Not the maternity section in Monaghan, with respect.

Programme for Government. (16 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Can the Taoiseach confirm that the programme for Government, which came about following the general election in 2002, was agreed between the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste, Deputy Harney, and that both of you signed off on it? If that is so, can the Taoiseach confirm that the programme commits the Government to the core objective of developing, among other things, a world-class public health...

Programme for Government. (16 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am simply citing an agreement to which the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste are party.

Programme for Government. (16 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The programme states with regard to accident and emergency services——

Programme for Government. (16 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——that this will be done by significantly reducing waiting times and having senior doctors available at all times. Does the Taoiseach agree that is stated in the programme? If the Taoiseach accepts all that, and the evidence strongly supports the questions I am asking, can he explain why the Tánaiste, who is the co-signatory to this agreement, speaks and acts——