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Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (2 Nov 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the implementation of the 2006 policy A Vision for Change; her views on its effects in replacing institutionalisation with community based services to date; if she will acknowledge in the context of budget 2011spending reductions that the mental health budget has been reduced by 9.2% since 2006; and if she will...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (2 Nov 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department or the Health Service Executive will refund fees to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39781/10]

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (2 Nov 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated from the National Treatment Purchase Fund to referrals from Letterkenny hospital in 2009 and to date in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40151/10]

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (2 Nov 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the National Treatment Purchase Fund budget is currently being reviewed as part of the Government's preparations for budget 2011; if she will indicate, insofar as is possible within existing pre-budget guidelines, whether the budget is being targeted for cuts or whether she can guarantee that the budget will not be cut; and if she...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 493: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will deal with a matter (details supplied) in view of the fact that the deadline is 12 November 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39910/10]

Private Members' Business (3 Nov 2010)

Joe McHugh: I have a few questions. Is the Garda adequately resourced with financial expertise? Has there been a putting together of brains to ascertain whether there has been malpractice or other misdemeanours within the banking industry, specifically within Anglo Irish Bank? Are there enough accountants involved? Are enough civil servants in the Department of Finance assisting the Garda...

Hospital Services (3 Nov 2010)

Joe McHugh: In recent days there has been a conversation through the public domain in my constituency about fears and anxieties concerning future funding for Donegal Hospice. In the response from the HSE, I hope for confirmation and reassurance for existing patients and those who have contributed in a voluntary capacity through their time and financially over several years. It is equally important that...

Written Answers — Wildlife Protection: Wildlife Protection (3 Nov 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 208: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide advice regarding conservation regulations that apply to agricultural land bordering rivers that have become habitats for wild geese and wild ducks in the past ten years; to direct this information towards farms whose annual crops are damaged by the forage of such wild birds; and if he will...

Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (3 Nov 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 209: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department and or its national parks and wildlife section envisages any special protection areas or special areas of conservation designations in an area (details supplied); to provide maps of any such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40407/10]

Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (3 Nov 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 224: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support the following matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40729/10]

Issue of Writ: Donegal South-West By-election (4 Nov 2010)

Joe McHugh: This has been the longest build up to a by-election that I have been involved in. As Deputy McGinley said, we have our plans in place.

Issue of Writ: Donegal South-West By-election (4 Nov 2010)

Joe McHugh: Our candidate, Barry O'Neill, is knocking on doors at the moment in Ballyshannon. We will be making an effort to reflect on what has not been happening in Donegal South-West. Mr. O'Neill will be challenging the Government on health issues as well as job creation. Unfortunately, Mr. O'Neill's worthwhile opinions and worthy policy initiatives that he has been pushing for on Donegal County...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (4 Nov 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 211: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the imposition of a non-principal residential tax on a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40957/10]

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (9 Nov 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 355: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the postal services Bill, which will transpose the EC third postal directive into law, will include recital 16, which notes that social considerations should be taken into account when preparing the opening up of the postal market; if the Bill will ensure that downstream access, which gives other companies...

Written Answers — Health Service Funding: Health Service Funding (11 Nov 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the deficit in Health Service Executive west; the action being taken to address this deficit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41960/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (11 Nov 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider introducing a National Foot Screening Programme as part of the treatment of diabetic foot disease; the estimated cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41959/10]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (11 Nov 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the methodology used to select schools for the high speed broadband for post-primary schools; if she will identify the relevant criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42174/10]

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (11 Nov 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills in the context of the ongoing public debate regarding third level registration fees, if she will acknowledge the huge accommodation costs imposed on rural families with children studying at third level, for example, a family from the north west with three students at university in Dublin and Galway face accommodation...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (11 Nov 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will acknowledge that banks asset books contain huge private mortgages portfolios; that defaulted mortgages will leave banks in possession of assets worth less that their paper value; if budget 2011 will introduce mechanisms that encourage banks to negotiate with private mortgage holders on partial write-offs and credit negotiations; and if...

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (11 Nov 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 254: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a farmer with a herd number has a van, crew cab or a commercial jeep, does that individual qualify for the €288 tax; if so, the proof needed; must the farmer pay private tax on a vehicle that they and their spouse use for all trips and if so can they then put back seats in their commercial vehicle if...