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Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Jan 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 389: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal will be accepted in respect of an application for rent supplement in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41241/11]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (11 Jan 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 394: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 15 December 2011, if she will detail the appropriate level of mortgage interest supplement payable to the person concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41288/11]

Written Answers — Prison Education Service: Prison Education Service (11 Jan 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 600: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 1 December 2011, the number and variety of training or rehabilitation courses available at each of the prisons listed; the number of applicants; the number of participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40791/11]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (11 Jan 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 611: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the grounds for refusal of naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if he will review the decision; when a new application for naturalisation will be accepted in this instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41009/11]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (11 Jan 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 621: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when an appointment with an immigration officer in Maynooth, County Kildare, can be confirmed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41242/11]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (11 Jan 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 627: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will restore stamp 4 status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that they were employed in this jurisdiction for two years between 2004 and 2006 and taking into consideration the fact that their children and grandchildren have been based here since 1999; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Jan 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 824: To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of services and funding to meet the requirements of those suffering from diabetes, with particular reference to potential savings arising from early diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40850/11]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 Jan 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 902: To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41371/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Jan 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 960: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he has or intends to put in place structures and procedures to eliminate waiting lists, identify the cause or causes contributing to such waiting lists or backlogs in terms of various procedures; the extent, if any, to which staff shortages or budgetary shortfalls continue to contribute to the bed decommissioning or ward...

Written Answers — Health Service Reform: Health Service Reform (11 Jan 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 961: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which policy-making in respect of general hospital services, community care and special hospital services is determined by the Health Service Executive or his Department; if, by a reference to each other or to use outside bodies, it is intended to ensure that some form of accountability for policy making is incorporated in the future...

Written Answers — Health Service Reform: Health Service Reform (11 Jan 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 993: To ask the Minister for Health his preferred options in respect of the operational structure for the health service in the future in view of the experiences of the past number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1608/12]

Written Answers — Health Service Reform: Health Service Reform (11 Jan 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 994: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to reconfigure the operational structures of the health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1609/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (11 Jan 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 985: To ask the Minister for Health the number of policy decisions taken to close hospital wards or decommission beds throughout the country in each of the past three years to date in 2012; the administrative level at which such decisions were taken in the Health Service Executive, his Department or at ministerial level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1600/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (11 Jan 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 987: To ask the Minister for Health the extent if any to which general hospitals bed accommodation in the public sector has fluctuated in the course of each of the past four years to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1602/12]

Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (11 Jan 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 986: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of public nursing home wards closed or beds decommissioned in each of the past two years to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1601/12]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Jan 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 988: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nursing staff employed on an agency basis throughout the public health sector annually in the past three years to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1603/12]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Jan 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 989: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nursing staff other than agency staff employed throughout the public health sector on a part-time, temporary or otherwise than on permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1604/12]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Jan 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 990: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of junior hospital doctors required on an annual basis throughout the public health sector; the extent to which this requirement can be matched to the number of doctors graduating on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1605/12]

Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (11 Jan 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 991: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the number of beds available in public nursing homes has been reduced on an annual basis over the past five years to date in 2012; the reason or reasons for any such reduction, whether the lack of adequate annual maintenance was or is a factor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1606/12]

Leaders' Questions (12 Jan 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Now, now.