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Order of Business. (14 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I cannot give details of what might happen at the end of a year in terms of Supplementary Estimates.

Order of Business. (14 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: Later this year.

Order of Business. (14 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: Later this year.

Order of Business. (14 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The normal procedure on the appointment of a new Minister of State is that the Minister brings forward the designation order and that will happen.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (14 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: Staff in my Department can join the Civil Service travel pass scheme at any time during the year. Applications are processed monthly.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (14 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 225 and Nos. 226 together. There are no proposals to decentralise any part of my Department or any of the bodies under its aegis. None of the officers at assistant secretary level in my Department has expressed an interest in decentralising.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The non-Civil Service advisers who are employed by my Department are as follows: Name Title Salary 2005* â'¬ Gerry Hickey Programme manager and special adviser 203,014 Gerard Howlin Special adviser 120,117 Úna Claffey Special adviser 120,117 Brian Murphy Special adviser 90,753 Katherine Bulbulia Programme manager to Tánaiste 142,108 John...

Written Answers — Commemorative Events: Commemorative Events (14 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The 150th Anniversary of the Great Famine was commemorated by the Government in 1995. I am satisfied that the Famine is commemorated on an ongoing basis in many different ways. For example, in the Cobh Heritage Centre, in Rowan Gillespie's Famine memorial at Custom House Quay and in many other localities. In addition, in the context of State and official visits to countries with large Irish...

Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (14 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: Since the mid-1990s, the Office of the Attorney General has prepared, and updated on an ongoing basis, an electronic Irish Statute Book, which includes the full text of all Acts, statutory instruments and chronological tables published since 1922 on its website. The office has also published the Statute Book in CD-ROM format. The website gives the documentation up to the end of 2003 and the...

Leaders' Questions. (15 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: Deputy Kenny cannot deny that huge improvements have taken place since 12 April 2005. New facilities have been opened, for example.

Leaders' Questions. (15 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: A new accident and emergency department has been opened at St. Vincent's University Hospital.

Leaders' Questions. (15 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: New wards have been opened at James Connolly Memorial Hospital and Mater Misericordiae University Hospital.

Leaders' Questions. (15 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The development of an extension to the accident and emergency unit at St. James's Hospital has almost been completed. It is scheduled to open in the next few months. A new admissions facility at Mater Misericordiae University Hospital's accident and emergency department opened in December and is now up and running. All of these new facilities have opened. It is not true to say the Tánaiste's...

Leaders' Questions. (15 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: A wide-ranging approach has been adopted by the Health Service Executive to try to improve access to accident and emergency services.

Leaders' Questions. (15 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: Senior management officials from the HSE have been working on the accident and emergency difficulties since they took office last year.

Leaders' Questions. (15 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The officials have improved patient flow through accident and emergency departments and reduced waiting times.

Leaders' Questions. (15 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: They have freed up acute beds by providing appropriate long-term care for patients outside the acute hospitals system. Their action plan has focused in particular on patients in acute hospitals who have completed the acute phase of their treatment and are ready to be discharged. Some 1,500 patients have been facilitated to leave acute hospitals since the date mentioned by Deputy Kenny.

Leaders' Questions. (15 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: We announced a range of measures, including the provision of high-dependency beds, intermediate care beds in private nursing homes, additional beds in public nursing homes and home care packages, in the last budget.

Leaders' Questions. (15 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The measures have allowed approximately 1,500 people to leave acute hospitals. We accept that some difficulties remain.

Leaders' Questions. (15 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: We hear about them every day.