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Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Pat Breen: We will be doomed if the Government remains in office any longer. The Minister, Deputy Roche, might fit one of the characters portrayed in "Dad's Army", but that is another matter. We must be optimistic about the future of this country. My party is confident that we have a plan to ensure a brighter future for this and the next generation.

Grangegorman Development Agency. (14 May 2009)

Pat Breen: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when his Department will allow the Grangegorman development, bringing together the Dublin Institute of Technology onto one campus, to proceed in order that a planning application under the SDZ procedure can be advanced by the relevant authority. [19304/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 May 2009)

Pat Breen: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will visit a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19401/09]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (19 May 2009)

Pat Breen: Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will report on the position regarding statutory redundancy payments; if there are delays in issuing payments to employers under this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20036/09]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (19 May 2009)

Pat Breen: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the provision of an air ambulance service in the mid-west region, particularly in the peripheral areas of west Clare; if her attention has been drawn to plans to introduce such a service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20037/09]

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (19 May 2009)

Pat Breen: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the implications that the current aviation situation is having on passenger numbers through all Irish airports including Shannon Airport; the implications for the economy of the mid-west region; his plans to put in place a series of measures to sustain passenger numbers through Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (19 May 2009)

Pat Breen: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the financial crisis facing the Dublin Airport Authority where 400 job losses are on the cards; if he has held discussions with the DAA regarding its plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19758/09]

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (19 May 2009)

Pat Breen: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the aviation crisis affecting all airports here including Shannon Airport; the implications for the regions economy; his plans to put into place a series of measures to sustain passenger numbers through airports here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19759/09]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (19 May 2009)

Pat Breen: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 6 May 2009, if the Irish Aviation Authority forwarded copies of IAA Aeronautical Notice T.02 of 2/9/2004 to the relevant local authorities and An Bord Pleanála in September 2004 as well as informing each such body that paragraph 3.6 of the former IAA document of November 1997 entitled Policy in...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (19 May 2009)

Pat Breen: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 6 May 2009, if the Dublin Airport Authority has lodged aerodrome safeguarding maps in respect of each of the State airports with the relevant local authorities and An Bord Pleanála as well as the dates such maps were copied to the Irish Aviation Authority in accordance with the requirements of IAA...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (19 May 2009)

Pat Breen: Question 337: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 30 May 2000, if the Dublin Airport Authority is being retained on an annual fee basis to advise his Department in relation to planning applications for development works in the vicinity of Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel which might affect the use of the aerodrome; the moneys paid by his Department to...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (19 May 2009)

Pat Breen: Question 339: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the use of the Air Corps to provide an air ambulance service in the mid-west region, particularly in the peripheral areas of west Clare; if he has held discussions with the Health Service Executive regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20038/09]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (19 May 2009)

Pat Breen: Question 372: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19599/09]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (19 May 2009)

Pat Breen: Question 376: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not qualify for full payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19657/09]

Alternative Energy Projects. (20 May 2009)

Pat Breen: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of hectares planted in the production of bio-fuels in each of the past six years; the breakdown of the crops planted; the number of hectares of each he expects to plant in 2009 and the breakdown of the crops planted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20156/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 May 2009)

Pat Breen: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the Health Service Executive plans to reconfigure acute hospital services in the mid-west region, she will report on the plans for the redevelopment of Ennis General Hospital; the expected cost of this redevelopment project; the timeframe for the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20524/09]

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Motion (21 May 2009)

Pat Breen: In Clare there are 21 children registered with muscular dystrophy. In the few minutes available to me let me tell the story of my cousin and her four children. Their two boys had muscular dystrophy and the two girls have it as well. The two boys are now dead, but let me tell of their lifestyle. They died at the age of 20. Between the ages of four and five they were diagnosed with muscular...

Ambulance Service. (21 May 2009)

Pat Breen: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this matter. The removal of 24-hour emergency care from Ennis General Hospital has left people living in remote and peripheral areas of County Clare isolated. We were assured by the Government and the HSE in County Clare that the reconfiguration of accident and emergency services in the mid-west region was being implemented for...

Ambulance Service. (21 May 2009)

Pat Breen: With all due respect, the Minister of State did not answer my question. I wanted to have an air ambulance service to bring patients in as quickly as possible from around the region.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (21 May 2009)

Pat Breen: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the status of cohabitation legislation; when he expects this legislation to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20828/09]