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Written Answers — Hospital Expenditure: Hospital Expenditure (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health the extent of budgetary overrun at various public hospitals throughout the country at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18153/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health the number of junior hospital doctors currently available for duty in the various public hospitals throughout the country; the degree to which this is adequate to meet requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18154/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health the number of health professionals at all levels trained in this jurisdiction in each of the past ten years to date; if sufficient personnel are being trained to fill various positions now and in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18155/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants in various disciplines trained in this jurisdiction in each of the past ten years to date; the extent to which this number is adequate to meet requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18157/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Acquired Infections: Hospital Acquired Infections (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health the number of reported incidents of MRSA or similarly transmittable infections that have been reported throughout public and private hospitals in each of the past five years to date; the degree to which action has been taken to tackle the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18158/11]

Written Answers — Medical Training: Medical Training (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which young health professionals are encouraged to specialise in particular areas with particular reference to disciplines which show increasing demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18159/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants currently engaged in or specialising in the areas of the various forms of dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18160/11]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the number of medical card holders has fluctuated in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18161/11]

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health if any consideration has been given to a review of the fair deal scheme with particular reference to the need to address any anomalies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18162/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which all staffing requirements at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, are being met having particular regard to the need to ensure that the full scale and range of services initially promised at the hospital are provided in line with expectations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18163/11]

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2011)

Bernard Durkan: The country is broke.

Written Answers — Mortgage Arrears: Mortgage Arrears (5 Jul 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received any communications from the banking or lending sectors with a view to achieving a basis for addressing the ever increasing issue of mortgage arrears which has been exasperated by unemployment and negative equity; if any progress can be made towards the elimination of compound interest being applied which in turn reduces the...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (5 Jul 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 317 of 17 November 2009 and 145 of 20 May 2010, if a determination has been made regarding the entitlement of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18402/11]

Written Answers — Mortgage Arrears: Mortgage Arrears (5 Jul 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that can be taken to encourage the mortgage lending sector to address the issue of the multiplication of mortgage arrears through the medium of compound interest; if the lending sector would take a realistic position whereby the missing of a monthly instalment would not result in the application of penalties such as compound interest;...

Written Answers — Mortgage Arrears: Mortgage Arrears (5 Jul 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate of the number of persons currently showing arrears in respect of mortgage repayments; the extent to which this is likely to fluctuate in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18976/11]

Written Answers — Mortgage Arrears: Mortgage Arrears (5 Jul 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance the lending institutions, if known, most amenable to accommodating those with arrears of mortgage; the nature of any such accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18977/11]

Written Answers — House Repossessions: House Repossessions (5 Jul 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance to indicate the number of private houses repossessed by the various lending institutions in each of the past five years to date in 2011; the future prospects given any trend emerging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18978/11]

Written Answers — Banks Restructuring: Banks Restructuring (5 Jul 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance the full position in regard to projected or anticipated mergers, takeovers or other restructuring measures in the banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18979/11]

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (5 Jul 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which, in his view, the stress test carried out in the banking sector here and throughout Europe has been sufficiently robust to safeguard the durability of the sector in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18981/11]

Written Answers — Price Inflation: Price Inflation (5 Jul 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Finance the degree or extent to which it has been possible to identify any inflationary factors in the economy in each of the past three years to date in 2011; the issues now emerging as acquiring attention in this regard; the means by which it is likely to become possible to address these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18982/11]