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Departmental Staff (7 Jul 2010)

David Stanton: Does the Minister have any plans to continue the practice of hiring staff from outside the Civil Service?

Departmental Staff (7 Jul 2010)

David Stanton: Will the Minister indicate the number of civil servants currently in his Department?

Overseas Missions (7 Jul 2010)

David Stanton: We have covered this already, so I will not spend too much time on it. How long would it take for the Defence Forces to have a group ready if a request is made in the coming months for participation in an overseas mission given that equipment needs to be brought up to speed and so on? Will the Minister comment on other developments in respect of the Nordic battle group and other groups in...

Overseas Missions (7 Jul 2010)

David Stanton: Is it policy to have a battalion equipped, ready and trained to serve overseas should a request be made? As the Minister indicated, such requests may come unexpectedly.

Defence Forces Property (7 Jul 2010)

David Stanton: Is the Minister prepared to take an imaginative and flexible approach whereby such properties might become available for local community needs and so on? Does the Minister not agree that many of these properties are located in towns which are of a strategic nature? There may be ways of proceeding other than selling properties for hard cash. It may be possible to enter into long lease...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (7 Jul 2010)

David Stanton: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress to date with the value for money review of the Defence Forces Reserve; when he expects this review to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30196/10]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (7 Jul 2010)

David Stanton: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a national breakdown of the effective strength of the Defence Forces Reserve per unit and per rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30195/10]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (8 Jul 2010)

David Stanton: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 249 and 301 of 19 January 2010, if she will list the bodies which qualify as Health Service Executive service providers under section 38 of the Health Act 2004 and so are classified as public service bodies; the bodies to whom the HSE pays a grant towards running costs under Section 39 of the...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (8 Jul 2010)

David Stanton: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in the publication of the Health Service Executive strategy review of neurology and neurophysiology services report which was completed in December 2007; when she expects this review to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31447/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (8 Jul 2010)

David Stanton: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the findings and recommendations of the National Hospitals Office on the Health Service Executive strategy review of neurology and neurophysiology services following the submission of the report to the office by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31448/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (8 Jul 2010)

David Stanton: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant neurologists and other specialist neurology staff here; the location of same in all Health Service Executive areas; her plans to recruit more consultants and specialist nurses respectively to bring Ireland in line with EU neurology staffing levels and minimum neurology recommendations in the 2003 Comhairle na...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (8 Jul 2010)

David Stanton: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of neurological beds recently closed in Cork University Hospital; if it is intended that these beds will be reopened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31450/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (8 Jul 2010)

David Stanton: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and location of neurological beds; the number of persons awaiting a neurological bed; the average waiting time for such beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31451/10]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Jul 2010)

David Stanton: Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the organisations, groups, bodies and so on that receive Health Service Executive funding or are contracted by the HSE to provide services to children with intellectual disabilities in the HSE south; the number of children who are receiving these services and the location of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31452/10]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (8 Jul 2010)

David Stanton: Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she or the Health Service Executive has carried out a detailed cost analysis before making the decision to provide the HPV vaccine through schools and special HSE clinics as opposed to making it available through general practitioner network or primary care centres; the cost of staffing and location of the HSE clinics who provide...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (8 Jul 2010)

David Stanton: Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the HPV vaccine will not be provided to girls free through the general practitioner network when this network is used to provide smear tests through the national cervical screening programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31454/10]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (8 Jul 2010)

David Stanton: Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 6 May 2009, the number of reviews of Autism Spectrum Disorders which were identified by the Health Service Executive as having been commissioned in each of the years from 1998 to 2009; if she will provide the details of these reviews, including the names, the date the review was completed,...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (8 Jul 2010)

David Stanton: Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 6 May 2009, the number of stakeholders who made submissions to the national review of autism services through the Health Service Executive website; the contact between her Department, the Health Service Executive and the Department of Education and Skills in relation to this review; and if...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (8 Jul 2010)

David Stanton: Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the input she has had, or continues to have, into the Health Service Executive national review of autism services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31457/10]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Jul 2010)

David Stanton: Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has completed the review of congregated settings; her views on the review in relation to the transfer of persons with intellectual disabilities living in such institutions to more appropriate accommodation including those inappropriately placed in psychiatric hospitals; the timescales for same; and if she will make a statement...