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Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (26 Jun 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the whole time equivalent number of social workers devoted to the assessment of foreign adoption applicants in each of the Health Service Executive areas; the percentage of social workers devoted to assessment in each of these areas; the average waiting period for applicants in each of these areas; and the steps she is taking to...

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (26 Jun 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will seek a detailed explanation from the Health Service Executive as to the reason a medication (details supplied) was withdrawn from the market here before a replacement was available; the number of days that elapsed before an alternative was available on the Irish market; if her attention has been drawn to the...

Written Answers — Parking Regulations: Parking Regulations (26 Jun 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 356: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine his plans to introduce legislation to allow local authorities introduce parking bans on heavy goods vehicle cabs in certain residential areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17485/07]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (26 Jun 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 363: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the EU directives within his Department's competency which have not been fully transposed into law; the articles that await transposition for those partially transposed; the date by which the whole directive was meant to have been transposed in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17573/07]

Written Answers — Transport Regulations: Transport Regulations (26 Jun 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 364: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the regulations, including SI reference number, signed by him since 1 January 2007; if he will verify that the text of each of these are available on his Department's website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17574/07]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (26 Jun 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 366: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the additional funding that has been set aside for the Metro North project to ensure that the project is built underground through Ballymun and Glasnevin. [17680/07]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (26 Jun 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 367: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine when a decision will be reached on the exact locations of the DCU and Griffith Avenue Metro North stations; and if further consultation is planned with affected residents. [17681/07]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (26 Jun 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 368: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the way Metro West will serve Finglas and Meakstown. [17682/07]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (26 Jun 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 369: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if his Department has issued guidelines to local authorities on the qualifying criteria applied by them for the provision of pedestrian crossings and other traffic calming measures; and the role of his Department in setting policy in relation to criteria from such measures. [17683/07]

Written Answers — National Carers Strategy: National Carers Strategy (26 Jun 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 426: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his intentions to extend entitlement to carer's benefit and allowance to those carers who work in excess of 15 hours per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17536/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jun 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 422: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the qualifying criteria and treatment of income from community employment; the way this affects other social welfare entitlements; and the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 was refused a back to school allowance as a result of participating in a community employment scheme. [17490/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jun 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 423: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will arrange for the reinstatement of a payment of jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) as an effort to resolve the ongoing dispute between his Department and the person in question. [17491/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jun 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 425: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is possible for a recipient of widow's pension who would satisfy the medical conditions of invalidity pension to switch to invalidity pension in order to gain an entitlement to the free travel pass; and if not, his intentions to amend legislation to allow same or to extend free travel to recipients of widow's pension in...

Written Answers — Voluntary Sector Funding: Voluntary Sector Funding (26 Jun 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 428: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will give positive consideration to an application for funding from a group (details supplied) in Dublin 9 under the social inclusion budget within his Department. [17684/07]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (26 Jun 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 474: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that no legislation exists here banning the trade in cat and dog fur, that no legislation exists requiring the mandatory labelling of cat and dog fur products and that no data are collected here regarding the amount of trade of cat and dog fur, or the import of cat and dog fur;...

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (26 Jun 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 475: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position of Ireland in relation to the European Commission proposal to introduce a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council banning the placing on the market and the import of, or export from, the European Community of cat and dog fur and products containing such fur and specifically the representations...

Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (26 Jun 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 565: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the capitation grant for a school, (details supplied) in Dublin; the way this rate differs from other post-primary schools; and the reasons for same. [17421/07]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (26 Jun 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 548: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide the resources to employ laboratory assistants in schools to facilitate the teaching of science; the timetable for implementing the recommendations contained in the report of the task force on the physical sciences; the way she plans to ensure that the recommendations will be fully implemented and that the...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (26 Jun 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 617: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for adequate accommodation for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if she will report on her negotiations with Dublin City Council in respect of a site on Tolka Valley Road for this purpose; and the proposals in relation to same. [17679/07]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (26 Jun 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 616: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the inadequate premises in which a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 is operating; and her plans to provide alternative accommodation for it. [17678/07]