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

Joe Higgins: Question 856: To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment report has been carried out on the impact of the closure of 28 surgical beds at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin. [41040/11]

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

Joe Higgins: Question 857: To ask the Minister for Health if he will lift the embargo on recruitment to allow speech and language therapists to be appointed in the Blanchardstown area, Dublin, to replace four therapists who have left, leading to waiting lists of three years for many children. [41041/11]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (11 Jan 2012)

Joe Higgins: Question 1038: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason behind the increase in Dublin Bus fare rates since 1 January 2012 (details supplied); and his views that the new rates are counter-productive in encouraging persons to use public transport. [1234/12]

Order of Business (12 Jan 2012)

Joe Higgins: It is not agreed. This is a proposal for a variation of the Order of the Dáil yesterday and I oppose it on the basis that a further variation is required. It is unthinkable that there would not be a substantial feature in the House today of the disaster in Ulster Bank, notwithstanding the short exchanges by the Leaders this morning. We need the Minister for Finance and the Minister for...

Order of Business (12 Jan 2012)

Joe Higgins: With respect, a Cheann Comhairle, this matter relates to the ordering of Dáil business today and the proposal is a variation of yesterday.

Order of Business (12 Jan 2012)

Joe Higgins: Fine.

Order of Business (12 Jan 2012)

Joe Higgins: The Deputies representing rural constituencies are well aware of this issue, but any Deputies from urban areas who ventured into rural Ireland over the Christmas period or who went back to their ancestral homelands will also be aware that this is a major issue which is causing huge concern to ordinary people in rural Ireland who have not had the benefit of the investment that went into the...

Order of Business (12 Jan 2012)

Joe Higgins: Yes. Will the Minister ensure the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation will come to the Dáil this afternoon to make a statement and answer questions on the disastrous loss of jobs proposed at Ulster Bank? I ask him to forget the corrosive fatalism and institutionalised pessimism which states nothing can be done. If the banks were lending to small...

Departmental Bodies (12 Jan 2012)

Joe Higgins: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will clarify whether a board member (details supplied) of the Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company has returned wrongly claimed travel and subsistence expenses as reported in the national media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1634/12]

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (12 Jan 2012)

Joe Higgins: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene in the current dispute between Stena and its permanent workforce in Dún Laoghaire calling on the company to insure that all redundancies sought will be purely voluntary and that those workers who wish to seek redeployment or remain with the company will be accommodated; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (17 Jan 2012)

Joe Higgins: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there is such a difference in variable interest rates between the State-owned AIB and Permanent TSB. [2211/12]

Written Answers — Railway Stations: Railway Stations (18 Jan 2012)

Joe Higgins: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make provisions to improve facilities at Broombridge train station, Dublin in view of the conditions that are currently present. [2736/12]

Disadvantaged Status (19 Jan 2012)

Joe Higgins: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all previously proposed cuts to DEIS schools have been abandoned; and in view of his public comments on seeking cuts elsewhere in his budget in which he is planning to make such cuts; the areas that he is examining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2941/12]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (19 Jan 2012)

Joe Higgins: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he still intends to press ahead with cuts to learning support teachers under the general allocation model; if so, if he will detail those planned cuts and the timescale for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2940/12]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (19 Jan 2012)

Joe Higgins: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in Dublin 15 that will be affected by the DEIS cutbacks; the number of teachers that will be lost and the locations of same; and the impact this will have on education in Dublin West. [2979/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jan 2012)

Joe Higgins: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there has been a change in criteria for persons applying for domiciliary care allowance; and if the conditions for eligibility have changed to make it more difficult to qualify. [3142/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jan 2012)

Joe Higgins: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there has been an increase in refusal of applications and renewal applications for domiciliary care allowance since March 2011. [3143/12]

EU Council Meetings (24 Jan 2012)

Joe Higgins: Question 16: To ask the Taoiseach his objectives arising from the EU Summit on the 30 January 2012. [3674/12]

EU Council Meetings (24 Jan 2012)

Joe Higgins: Question 17: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report back on the EU summit dating back to the 9 December 2011. [3676/12]

EU Council Meetings (24 Jan 2012)

Joe Higgins: Question 18: To ask the Taoiseach the discussions he has had with Chancellor Merkel since the last EU Summit. [3677/12]