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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (10 Jul 2008)

Damien English: Question 764: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on cost saving measures he plans introducing in the second half of 2008; if such measures will affect the delivery of front line services to the public; the programmes that will be postponed or discontinued as a result of such cost savings. [27304/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (10 Jul 2008)

Damien English: Question 862: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on cost saving measures he plans introducing in the second half of 2008; if such measures will affect the delivery of front line services to the public; and the programmes that will be postponed or discontinued as a result of such cost savings. [27311/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (10 Jul 2008)

Damien English: Question 933: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on cost saving measures he plans introducing in the second half of 2008; if such measures will affect the delivery of front line services to the public; the programmes that will be postponed or discontinued as a result of such cost savings. [27307/08]

Departmental Staff. (24 Sep 2008)

Damien English: Will it apply to both civil servants and non-civil servants?

Job Losses. (24 Sep 2008)

Damien English: How many of them can get money?

Community Employment Schemes. (24 Sep 2008)

Damien English: Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on introducing a new type of work scheme for skilled workers in receipt of social welfare; if there is a potential for linking in new work schemes with current or planned capital infrastructure projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31356/08]

Community Employment Schemes. (24 Sep 2008)

Damien English: I cannot thank the Minister of State for his reply as it is not the reply I wanted to hear. I am shocked that there are no new initiatives in this area. The first part of the reply referred to schemes already in place. I and everybody else knows what schemes are already in place. I am disappointed with the Minister of State's response to this issue which I have raised at committee level,...

Community Employment Schemes. (24 Sep 2008)

Damien English: I have no problem putting forward ideas and I will do so. I have set them out for the Minister of State. Many people are awaiting the commencement of work under the disabled persons and essential repairs grants schemes, schools are awaiting assistance under the summer work schemes and many of our train stations and bus stations are in need of serious repair. I have raised this issue at...

Community Employment Schemes. (24 Sep 2008)

Damien English: They do not seem to be.

Community Employment Schemes. (24 Sep 2008)

Damien English: The Minister of State said there are no plans to introduce a new scheme.

Alternative Dispute Resolution. (24 Sep 2008)

Damien English: What is the date of the decision?

Business Regulation. (24 Sep 2008)

Damien English: The cutbacks start here.

Business Regulation. (24 Sep 2008)

Damien English: A review.

Business Regulation. (24 Sep 2008)

Damien English: I like quite a lot of the Minister of State's speeches so far — although not all of them. Hopefully we will see some action on them. If he is a man of action can he guarantee that from now on every new Bill we pass in this House will be assessed for the impact it has on businesses? We were promised that before, but it did not happen in the last term. Can the Minister of State say that...

Business Regulation. (24 Sep 2008)

Damien English: It is not happening.

Business Regulation. (24 Sep 2008)

Damien English: It did not happen in the last term.

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

Damien English: Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on whether her Department is overstaffed; if she will take action to reduce staff levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30999/08]

National Development Plan. (25 Sep 2008)

Damien English: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to review the national development plan to identify priority elements. [31485/08]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (30 Sep 2008)

Damien English: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the decision to relocate the Central Mental Hospital from its site at Dundrum to the proposed new site at Thornton Hall taking into account the audit of properties by the Health Service Executive; her views on an alternative location, possibly in existing hospital grounds or property in the ownership of her...

Written Answers — Private Security Authority: Private Security Authority (1 Oct 2008)

Damien English: Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the finance raised under the scheme, IS EN 50131 Part 1 1997, since its inception; the number of applications under this scheme on a county basis since its inception; the number of successful and the number of unsuccessful applications for each county; if she will provide the information in tabular readable...