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Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (18 Oct 2007)

Denis Naughten: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene in an impasse between the Health Service Executive and the registrar of the wards of court regarding the nursing home reclaims scheme for patients who are wards of court; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it is not possible for the registrar to sign the reclaim form as currently worded; the action...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 2007)

Denis Naughten: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the processing time for a child benefit application and the number of applications on hand; the corresponding figures for Irish residents where the children reside in another EU country and the number of such applications approved to date; the annual cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24594/07]

Asylum Applications. (23 Oct 2007)

Denis Naughten: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to address the problems forcing persons to seek asylum within the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25448/07]

Asylum Applications. (23 Oct 2007)

Denis Naughten: It is critically important that those who are in genuine need of protection be supported. In the past 15 years, 75,000 asylum applications have been made here. The success rate relating to these stands at 11%. The majority of those who failed to obtain asylum were economic immigrants. What steps has the Government proposed at EU level to deal with this flow of migrants into the Union in...

Asylum Applications. (23 Oct 2007)

Denis Naughten: I accept there are various problems and issues that arise in respect of people seeking asylum. On one hand, the European Union, through its Foreign Ministers, is engaging with Africa and trying to develop good governance, while, on the other, a Commissioner representing it at the WTO talks removed from African countries preferential access to the Union in respect of goods and commodities....

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (23 Oct 2007)

Denis Naughten: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to address the problems forcing persons to seek asylum within the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25034/07]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (23 Oct 2007)

Denis Naughten: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the establishment of transit and processing centres for migrants and asylum seekers outside the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25035/07]

Written Answers — Education Services: Education Services (23 Oct 2007)

Denis Naughten: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to implement Recommendation No. 5 of the Joint Committee on Education and Science second report on the provision of education services in a multi ethnic/multi cultural society; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24813/07]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (23 Oct 2007)

Denis Naughten: Question 394: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will postpone the implementation of S.I. 531 of 2007 to allow for consultation with stake-holders and an appropriate ecological impact assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25212/07]

Written Answers — Language Support: Language Support (23 Oct 2007)

Denis Naughten: Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the resources that are available to schools where a student requiring language support arrives at a time other than at the beginning of the school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24808/07]

Written Answers — School Examinations: School Examinations (23 Oct 2007)

Denis Naughten: Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the discussions she has had with the State Examinations Commission regarding the use of dictionaries in exams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24809/07]

Written Answers — Integration Policy: Integration Policy (23 Oct 2007)

Denis Naughten: Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has to appoint a national coordinator to support and facilitate schools in facing the challenges of the increasing diversity of Irish society and the developing and implementation of inter-cultural education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24810/07]

Written Answers — Teacher Training: Teacher Training (23 Oct 2007)

Denis Naughten: Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of places which are available at each training institution to train teachers in the teaching of English as a second language; if such training is available for all teachers, not just language support teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24811/07]

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (23 Oct 2007)

Denis Naughten: Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps that have been taken by her Department to implement Recommendation No. 6 of the Joint Committee on Education and Science second report on the provision of educational services in a multi-ethnic/multi-cultural society; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24812/07]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (23 Oct 2007)

Denis Naughten: Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve funding under the summer works scheme for a project (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25031/07]

Written Answers — School Management: School Management (23 Oct 2007)

Denis Naughten: Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason she has directed that parents representatives on boards of management of Gaelscoileanna must be fluent in the Irish language; her views on whether this directive is discriminatory to parents not born in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25112/07]

Written Answers — Garda Training: Garda Training (23 Oct 2007)

Denis Naughten: Question 546: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to provide funding to the Garda to provide a dedicated firearms range; the facilities available to the Garda for such training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25032/07]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (23 Oct 2007)

Denis Naughten: Question 551: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans there are to move the Garda divisional headquarters from Roscommon Town; if he will review the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25113/07]

Agrifood Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)

Denis Naughten: Another one that will be ignored.

Agrifood Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)

Denis Naughten: There is an array of different labels already.