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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Dec 2011)

John McGuinness: Question 460: To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available as a matter of urgency for the care of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to confirm the arrangements for long-term care to the immediate family and to have all matters fully resolved for the persons care prior to 21 December 2011 when their respite...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (6 Dec 2011)

John McGuinness: Question 468: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the matter. [38978/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Dec 2011)

John McGuinness: Question 476: To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately publish a report from the Health Service Executive detailing the reason the decision was made to close a hospital (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will appreciate the demand from the wider community that this information be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39005/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Dec 2011)

John McGuinness: Question 477: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the decision, announced by the Health Service Executive to close a hospital (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will appreciate the concerns of families of residents and the wider community in respect of this widely criticised decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39006/11]

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

John McGuinness: I wish to share time with Deputy Ó Cuív.

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

John McGuinness: I thank Deputy Ó Cuív for the time given to me in this slot. I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, on her appointment. I have not had an opportunity to say that to her in a debate in the House. She plays a very important role in the Government in terms of trade abroad. I can identify with the work she is undertaking on behalf of the Government. I agree with her...

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

John McGuinness: We were promised a budget that would look down over the next two or three years and explain to people what kind of money they would have in their pockets. The Minister for Finance was right. It can be said they will have the same amount in 2012 as they had in 2011. However, the cost of what they spend their money on will be different. The increases in VAT and in all the other areas...

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

John McGuinness: Having a huge majority, the Government has a greater responsibility to ensure that what was said during the general election was not an untruth. It must prove that is the case. I encourage each Government Deputy not to ignore the reality beyond this House. In here they are in a bubble.

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

John McGuinness: Out there are the cold facts of survival. I have been saying this for a long time. The Government has the mandate and it should exercise it. It has not been exercised to date.

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

John McGuinness: What the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform said on Monday does not hold out much hope for the future. The hard pressed taxpayers must continue to pay for the high salaries and the Croke Park deal. It is not sustainable.

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

John McGuinness: That may be so, but that day is gone since yesterday. The Government must now stand. The choices the Government made yesterday tell us more about Fine Gael and the Labour Party after the election than we knew beforehand. Every word the Government utters and every action it takes tell us more it. Fine Gael and the Labour Party should stand up for what they stood for in the general election...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (7 Dec 2011)

John McGuinness: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons here with pension pots in excess of €2.3 million according to the records of the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39135/11]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (7 Dec 2011)

John McGuinness: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding committed by the EU and Irish agencies relative to the European globalisation fund in respect of initiatives to be undertaken to support former workers from Dell, Waterford Crystal and SR Technics; the amount drawn down in each case; the amount of EU funding that was lost to the State and the employers involved; and if he...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (7 Dec 2011)

John McGuinness: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a complaint made by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny relative to an incident at St. Luke's Hospital on 6 September 2011; if there is any way in progressing a reasonable outcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39136/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Dec 2011)

John McGuinness: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if payment will issue before Christmas 2011 [39346/11]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (8 Dec 2011)

John McGuinness: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if redundancy payment will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [39347/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Dec 2011)

John McGuinness: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied in County Kilkenny; the position regarding same; and when a decision will issue. [39348/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (8 Dec 2011)

John McGuinness: Question 65: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has instructed local authorities to retrofit and insulate only those local authority houses that become vacant; if the scheme to retrofit and insulate local authority houses will be extended to all housing stock; the funding made available in 2009, 2010 and 2011 for this scheme; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (8 Dec 2011)

John McGuinness: Question 66: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an application from Kilkenny County Council for funding to refurbish a housing scheme (details supplied) will be expedited and approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39343/11]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (8 Dec 2011)

John McGuinness: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [39351/11]