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Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (27 May 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for subsidiary protection in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22617/10]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (27 May 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who has two Irish-born children can have their parents who are non-EEA citizens stay with them on a regular basis to assist with looking after the children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22624/10]

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (27 May 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money provided by the State regarding Irish language being made an official language of the EU from January 2007 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22588/10]

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (27 May 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money spent on the advanced Irish skills initiative since 2006 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22594/10]

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (27 May 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there was a means test regarding eligibility for stipend and accommodation expenses in regard to the 16 week intensive course set up under the advanced Irish language skills initiative for lawyers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22595/10]

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (27 May 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of persons hired by EU institutions regarding Irish being made an official language of the EU in January 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22596/10]

Health Services (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: St. Joseph's School, Parnell Street, Waterford, which caters for children with a mild learning disability, and St. Martin's Special School, Ballytruckle, Waterford, which caters for children with a moderate learning disability, effectively have had no speech and language therapy service since May 2009. The schools had been sharing a speech and language therapist who spent two days in St....

Written Answers — Carbon Emissions: Carbon Emissions (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will comment on a report of the Environmental Protection Agency that carbon emissions from the power station at Moneypoint, County Clare, cannot be captured and stored underground; his views on carbon capture storage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23043/10]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will make a statement on the concerns of the migrant rights centre in regard to the employment permit policy (details supplied). [23377/10]

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of visits made by prospective overseas investors at the invitation of the Industrial Development Authority to locations in the Waterford constituency since January 2009; the sites visited; the outcome of each visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23392/10]

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the sites in the Waterford constituency to which the Industrial Development Authority have brought or will bring foreign direct investors to visit; the reason that these are the sites that are selected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23438/10]

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the locations throughout the country that have been visited by prospective foreign direct investors at the invitation of the Industrial Development Authority since January 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23439/10]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has for the provision of a hot-line telephone number for missing children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23535/10]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 301: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a subsidiary protection application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22886/10]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 344: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he proposes to take in regard to a prison sentence that was handed down in Malawi (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23536/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 349: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the 11 lawyers who participated in but did not complete the intensive course set up under the advanced Irish language skills programme in 2006 refunded the stipend and accommodation expenses to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22754/10]

Written Answers — Legal Proceedings: Legal Proceedings (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 350: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of court cases his Department has become involved in since the setting up of the Official Languages Act 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22869/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 358: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the action he proposes to take regarding the concerns of the Dyslexia Association of Ireland in respect of the review he is carrying out on the scheme to support national organisations in the community and voluntary sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23398/10]

Irish Red Cross Society (2 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on whether the Irish Red Cross Society should be fully independent of Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23666/10]

Irish Red Cross Society (2 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: I thank the Minister for his reply. I am pleased to hear of his recent meeting with the Irish Red Cross Society. Does he not agree that the primary legislation was introduced in a period when war was imminent and there were different forces at play in terms of the role the society might play? This was a time when there was a general concern about invasions, bombings and so on. In regard...