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Topical Issue Debate: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (18 Oct 2012)

Regina Doherty: I appreciate the Minister of State taking the time to attend the House to answer my query, somewhat. However, with respect to him, I must inform those who write ministerial responses that I already know what the VTOS scheme is, its purpose, the criteria for taking part in it and how one applies for it. The Minister of State has read a page and a half of information that everyone in the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Development Projects (18 Oct 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his view on whether aviation leasing is a sector in which there is considerable potential for growth here; if so, the way he proposes to take advantage of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44937/12]

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)

Regina Doherty: Fianna Fáil is.

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)

Regina Doherty: Job creation is central to Ireland's economic recovery. The programme for Government has this target at its core. I note the recent jobs announcements by Paddy Power and the Kerry Group which highlight the important role of indigenous companies in the country's economic recovery. Paddy Power and the Kerry Group could have taken their good tidings elsewhere. They are publicly traded...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (24 Oct 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of financial support given to overseas development organisations, in tabular form for the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46835/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the dates for the intended extension for a school (details supplied) in County Meath as approved in 2006; the reason for the delay to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46691/12]

Order of Business (25 Oct 2012)

Regina Doherty: What about Deputy Boyd Barrett's leader's allowance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)

Regina Doherty: My question relates to a point raised earlier. The witnesses said that the person starting an insurance life in the early 20s pays much less by the time they get to 55 or 60 years than the person who enters the insurance market at 55 or 60 years of age. How much less?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)

Regina Doherty: I am ignorant with regard to some of these matters but when I started my insurance at 21 or 22 years of age, I was of the view that by the time I got to 55 for 60 years, when people get ill, my premium would be reduced. For those leaving health insurance by the tens of thousand what benefit is there to them staying with their insurance cover?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation (6 Nov 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a decision has been made to exempt listed buildings from the proposed property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47434/12]

Credit Union Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2012)

Regina Doherty: We have very good reason to be proud of our community based co-operative savings institutions. There are over 500 credit unions across the country and they have helped to promote the values of thrift in neglected communities, saving many from penury in the process. In the current crisis, banks are withdrawing from poorer areas and they are leaving credit unions as the main linchpin for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Community and Voluntary Groups (8 Nov 2012)

Regina Doherty: I thank all the groups for attending this meeting. They all do wonderful work. I am not ignoring the gentlemen from the Irish Heart Foundation but I have three or four questions for the other witnesses. It is almost like "speed questioning" so I will not waste time. I have particular respect for the work done by Mr. Dillon's organisation. I believe we could have found the €8...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Community and Voluntary Groups (8 Nov 2012)

Regina Doherty: I thank the delegations for coming in today. I have a number of questions but before I pose them I wish to pay particular tribute to Ms Corbett and her team for their sterling work in advocating a "Yes" vote in the forthcoming referendum. I ask Dr. McDaid, based on the exceptionally touching and moving interview with Ms Una Butler last Friday, to comment on her proposition that families...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (13 Nov 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that his Department spent on flood alleviation schemes in County Meath for the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49862/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services (13 Nov 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to support small rural shops and businesses in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49863/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Lottery Funding (13 Nov 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when announcements will be made in relation to his Department's National Lottery funding payments for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49864/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Lottery Funding (13 Nov 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when announcements will be made in relation to her Department's National Lottery funding payments for 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49866/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (13 Nov 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the number of home help hours paid for by the Health Service Executive, either directly through employment or contracts or through agencies and if they broken down by category or type of care provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49444/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 Nov 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health when the position of full-time physiotherapist at Temple Street CUH Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Dublin, will be filled; if an agency physiotherapist will be appointed in the interim period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49674/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (13 Nov 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals and or healthcare centres in which Legionnaires disease occurred in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49698/12]