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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the total absence of podiatry services in County Kerry and if she will outline the Health Service Executive plans to improve diabetes and podiatry services for County Kerry. [34576/10]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the lack of orthodontic services for County Kerry; the average waiting time for Kerry patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34577/10]

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (5 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when will work commence on the new accident and emergency unit at Kerry General Hospital. [34578/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the community nursing home unit will open at Kerry General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34579/10]

Health Services (6 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter on the Adjournment tonight. The answer to a recent parliamentary question I tabled indicated that during 2008 some 667 people underwent an amputation in hospitals, of whom 338 suffered from diabetes; some 29 of these were from the Kerry and Limerick area. People with diabetes requiring amputations used 12,937 hospital bed days...

Written Answers — Search and Rescue Service: Search and Rescue Service (6 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he failed to meet with a former head of the Air Corps to discuss a cheaper alternative to the recently signed €500 million national search and rescue contract; if he will provide details of the contract signed with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35120/10]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (6 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a technical team will be sent to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry regarding the provision of an extension to the school to replace existing prefabs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35214/10]

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (7 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will confirm if a recent statement in a newspaper (details supplied) that moneys would be moved from the Leader Companies to County Enterprise Boards is accurate, if Leader companies were consulted about the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35681/10]

Written Answers — Census of Population: Census of Population (12 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 145: To ask the Taoiseach if he will bring forward the publication of the 1926 census to boost the ancestry tourism sector by increasing by one third the amount of records available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35775/10]

Written Answers — Broadcasting Legislation: Broadcasting Legislation (12 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 494: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the nature of the compliant made to the EU that 30% of air-play could not be granted to Irish musicians on the basis that it would discriminate against European musicians; the person who made this complaint; if he could outline the appropriate EU legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (12 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 500: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment of disadvantaged area payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35831/10]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (12 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 534: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when payment of statutory redundancy will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36158/10]

Written Answers — Arts Programme: Arts Programme (13 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if Culture Ireland is planning on rolling out a multi-disciplinary programme of work across the USA in 2011; if a budget has been confirmed for this; if so, how much; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36798/10]

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (13 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when approval will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to plant an area of land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36562/10]

Departmental Strategy Statements (14 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Tourism; Culture and Sport her strategy for the development of the Arts over the next three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36951/10]

Departmental Strategy Statements (14 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: I thank the Minister for her comprehensive reply and assure her that I will give her all possible co-operation in my new role. I am sure we can work together in the interests of the arts, tourism and sport. As part of her strategy, I encourage the Minister to protect the progress that has been made over the past 20 years. In addition, the Minister's new strategy should encourage new...

Departmental Strategy Statements (14 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: I encourage the Minister to include in the departmental strategy one or two iconic or landmark projects. Given that Dublin now has been designated as a UNESCO city of literature, I strongly encourage her to seriously consider establishing a writers' museum or centre in Dublin that would both celebrate the achievements of Ireland's past writers, including its Nobel laureates, and...

Tourism Industry (14 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Tourism; Culture and Sport if her Department carried out a review of the impact of the departure tax in the context of the development of the recently published Government strategy on Trading and Investing in a Smart Economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36952/10]

Tourism Industry (14 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: The introduction of this tax in 2009 coincided with a marked decline in the numbers of people coming to the country from the UK, the US and elsewhere. In Holland, a similar tax was scrapped last year although it was raising more than €300 million because it was felt that €1 billion was being lost to the economy through discouraging people from coming to Holland. Most other European...

Tourism Industry (14 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Is it a coincidence then?