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Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (19 Feb 2008)

Denis Naughten: Question 685: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the instruction and guidelines which he has issued to local authorities regarding the implementation of the Nitrates Directive; the additional resources which he is providing to local authorities to facilitate the implementation of the inspection programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (20 Feb 2008)

Denis Naughten: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of urgent national importance, namely, in light of the damaging revelation last night by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service that the personal data of over 170,000 donors have been stolen in New York, the urgent need for the Minister for Health and Children to provide a full and detailed statement to the House on...

Inservice Training. (20 Feb 2008)

Denis Naughten: The lack of adequate resources for migrant children is fuelling segregation within schools. It is forcing teachers to slow down the pace of their education in class to the detriment of Irish pupils. Will the Minister put a specific capitation grant in place for migrants, especially the children of asylum applicant parents who cannot avail of extracurricular activities, for example? Will...

Agency Workers: Motion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2008)

Denis Naughten: Fine Gael endorses the call for legislation to regulate employment agencies and supports this particular motion, subject to the reservations outlined by my colleague, Deputy Varadkar. I accept that it is not just migrants who are employed as agency workers and that not all agency workers are being exploited. Many nurses, for example, leave HSE jobs to take up agency work because the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Feb 2008)

Denis Naughten: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures she is taking to address the backlog in the school building programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6229/08]

Written Answers — Language Supports: Language Supports (20 Feb 2008)

Denis Naughten: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the additional resources she will provide to address the language needs of non-Irish students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6228/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Feb 2008)

Denis Naughten: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps which she is taking to ensure that the therapy services available to patients at St. Bridget's Hospital, Ballinasloe up to 8 February 2008 are reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7029/08]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Feb 2008)

Denis Naughten: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of 13 February 2008 the years and value of such State funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7028/08]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Feb 2008)

Denis Naughten: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the grant aid paid to a company (details supplied) in County Roscommon in each of the past ten years; the steps which are being taken to recover this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7027/08]

Written Answers — Animal Feed: Animal Feed (21 Feb 2008)

Denis Naughten: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps which she is taking to reduce the burden of red tape on small animal feed merchants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4020/08]

Written Answers — Bovine Diseases: Bovine Diseases (21 Feb 2008)

Denis Naughten: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will increase the age limit for compulsory BSE testing from its current limit of 30 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2034/08]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (21 Feb 2008)

Denis Naughten: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the decentralisation of Enterprise Ireland staff to Shannon; the number of staff already decentralised; the numbers to be decentralised and the timetable for this; the status of property acquisition and the cost involved; when the property will be ready for occupation; the numbers which it will cater for; and...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Feb 2008)

Denis Naughten: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 422 of 16 October 2007, the status of the application; when she will make an announcement on projects to be moved to the next stage of planning under the multi-annual school building and modernisation programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7321/08]

Written Answers — Travel Documents: Travel Documents (21 Feb 2008)

Denis Naughten: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way a person from outside the common travel area can be present in the country without a passport; the steps which he is taking to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7286/08]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (21 Feb 2008)

Denis Naughten: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be processed; the plans he has to speed up the process in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7287/08]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (21 Feb 2008)

Denis Naughten: Question 219: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has or will issue guidelines to local authorities on the procedures to be employed and the matters to be inspected under the Nitrates Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7288/08]

Dáil Reform. (26 Feb 2008)

Denis Naughten: It happens in some Departments.

Dáil Reform. (26 Feb 2008)

Denis Naughten: Elocution lessons.

Health Services. (26 Feb 2008)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this important issue. At present there is a crisis relating to home help provision in County Roscommon. Emergency cases are being denied home help hours due to a ban on the recruitment of home help staff by the Health Service Executive, HSE, though it has no difficulty in recruiting additional home help managers. The crisis has also...

Health Services. (26 Feb 2008)

Denis Naughten: They will be left waiting.