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

Denis Naughten: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has satisfied himself with the regional balance of tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34697/06]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (26 Oct 2006)

Denis Naughten: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average cost of grant aid per job created by the IDA in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34924/06]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (26 Oct 2006)

Denis Naughten: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average cost of grant aid per job created by Enterprise Ireland in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34925/06]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (26 Oct 2006)

Denis Naughten: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of the fact that participants in the ERS only agreed to forfeit the value of their State pension while in receipt of their farm retirement pension, his Department should allow them to retain increases in the State pension; if such a mechanism would at least in part protect their income against inflation; and if she will...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (26 Oct 2006)

Denis Naughten: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has obtained temporary accommodation in Mullingar for the decentralisation of her Department; the number of civil servants to be accommodated in the facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35093/06]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (26 Oct 2006)

Denis Naughten: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to correspondence (details supplied) when her Department will make contact with the persons concerned; the reason this has not happened to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34978/06]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Oct 2006)

Denis Naughten: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 8 June 2006 the reason for the delay in approving funding for a building project for a school in County Roscommon; the status of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34979/06]

Hospital Services. (1 Nov 2006)

Denis Naughten: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of plans to move inpatient surgery from the County Hospital, Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35304/06]

Hospital Services. (1 Nov 2006)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for her reply. The initial announcement by the HSE indicated the transfer of inpatient surgical services from Roscommon County Hospital to the overcrowded Portiuncula Hospital, 40 minutes to an hour away, which is struggling to cope with the increased demand being placed on it from the west midlands, including Athlone. This would mean that patients in west Roscommon,...

Hospital Services. (1 Nov 2006)

Denis Naughten: Dundalk and Drogheda are only up the road from each other.

Hospital Services. (1 Nov 2006)

Denis Naughten: That is not true.

Hospital Services. (1 Nov 2006)

Denis Naughten: No, my understanding is that one of the appointments was a co-appointment but the other was a full appointment to Roscommon County Hospital. Will the Minister clarify whether the two surgeons will be based on the Roscommon campus? Will inpatient surgery services there be retained in the medium to long term? I understand a consultant in emergency medicine, a third consultant physician and a...

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Nov 2006)

Denis Naughten: I support the amendment. It is critically important that when a decision is made it should apply for 12 months. In many cases the battle in going back and forth to appeals officers to get the right decision for an elderly person can take almost 12 months. The Bill gives the executive the right to automatically review a decision. The topical issue is taking 5% of the value of a property or...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (1 Nov 2006)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I wish to raise a number of specific issues, the first being the affordable housing scheme. As the Minister of State knows, the affordable housing scheme is aimed at supplying affordable housing through local authorities. It has been successful in some parts of the country where it has been taken up but in other parts, there is not a huge...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (1 Nov 2006)

Denis Naughten: They went to all the lending institutions, none of which will approve mortgages for any of the couples for an affordable site. The lending institutions have stated that there is no statutory basis for affordable sites. The local authority has gone out of its way and has waived its charge in regard to the recoupment of moneys should the site or property be sold on within a 20-year period....

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (1 Nov 2006)

Denis Naughten: It has happened with all the financial institutions. They have all refused to provide mortgages. Once one made the decision, they all backed it up. They cannot give a reason but because one lending institution refused to provide mortgages, they have all refused. I wish to bring to the Minister of State's attention the issue of anti-social behaviour, particularly in regard to voluntary...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Nov 2006)

Denis Naughten: Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans and that of the Health Service Executive to transfer the services at St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar to St. James's Hospital; the reason for this decision; if she will review this policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35185/06]

Written Answers — School of Podiatry: School of Podiatry (1 Nov 2006)

Denis Naughten: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the decision was taken by her Department to locate the proposed school of podiatry in a university; the reason an institute of technology was deemed unsuitable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35303/06]

Written Answers — Assisted Human Reproduction: Assisted Human Reproduction (1 Nov 2006)

Denis Naughten: Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the report of the Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35186/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Nov 2006)

Denis Naughten: Question 371: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be called for a CAT Scan at University College Hospital Galway; her views on whether it is acceptable that a person who is experiencing sight failure and collapsing should have to wait over 14 months for a scan; the time delay for such appointments; the steps she is taking to...