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Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (7 Dec 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 27: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the report of Mr. Michael Mellet into the death of a person (details supplied); the main findings of the report; if he has not received the report, when he expects to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41923/06]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (7 Dec 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will detail her recent decision to allow principals of five teacher schools to become administration principals; if this will be extended to four teacher schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42090/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (7 Dec 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools housing specialist autistic units; if additional funding is granted to these schools for the operation of these units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42091/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (7 Dec 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive extra funding for an autistic unit which it hosts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42092/06]

Departmental Bodies. (12 Dec 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to change the role of the communications unit in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39992/06]

Departmental Bodies. (12 Dec 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Defence, Deputy O'Dea, might want to know what I was saying about him before he writes about it in his Sunday newspaper column.

Departmental Bodies. (12 Dec 2006)

Enda Kenny: If the unit has no political connection, can we take it that it will close during the forthcoming general election campaign? What value does the Taoiseach see in having such a unit?

Departmental Bodies. (12 Dec 2006)

Enda Kenny: Will the unit's staff call the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Sean Power, during the campaign to inform him they are talking about him in Wexford and he needs to issue a press release about that? Will the unit be closed during the general election? The Taoiseach has always made the point that the unit saves Departments approximately €200,000 annually,...

Departmental Expenditure. (12 Dec 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Ceann Comhairle is very sharp.

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Government has always proclaimed itself a low-tax Government, but it has introduced a raft of stealth charges and new taxes in the past few years. Last week in the budget, the health levy was increased by 25%, there was an increase in the cost of private beds in public hospitals and the Government voted through a measure requiring 5% of the notional value of a person's home to be...

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2006)

Enda Kenny: From the Taoiseach's reply, it seems that there is no more a foregone conclusion in respect of this matter than there is regarding a number of other policies referred to by the Taoiseach. The persons who will need nursing home care in the next ten to 15 years are those who worked in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, built the Celtic tiger enjoyed by the Taoiseach and paid their taxes and...

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2006)

Enda Kenny: What will happen in the case of a person who is unable to avail of home supports and is required to go to a nursing home, but is refused for not being high-dependency? Are these people being told to get lost and go back where they came from? If they are refused the option of nursing homes, where will they go? Many years ago, psychiatric patients released from mental institutions were...

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Government is proposing that by 1 January 2008, there will be community services to look after elderly people in their homes and communities. The service's current rate of provision makes a mockery of this issue. The Taoiseach is living in fantasy land if he believes the service will be provided. There are not enough general practitioners, nurses, occupational therapists or home...

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2006)

Enda Kenny: ——in which the Exchequer will no longer contribute to care of the elderly and a 15% death tax will be imposed on those who have built up the country led by the Taoiseach?

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2006)

Enda Kenny: It is rubbish.

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2006)

Enda Kenny: The State cannot employ physiotherapists.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

Enda Kenny: I could refer to a number of matters. The Farrell Grant Sparks report on matters pertaining to No. 20 cost €250,000. That report has not yet been debated in the House, which is a shame given the consequences for inland fisheries of the decision made by the Government on ending driftnet fishing are important in terms of the work that needs to be done on the role and responsibilities of the...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (12 Dec 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 82: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the recent report from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology which recommended optical scan systems which allow ballots to be recounted independently from a voting machine's software; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42561/06]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (12 Dec 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way he will fund local government in view of the predicted shortfall of €1.5 billion by 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42560/06]

Written Answers — Prison Committals: Prison Committals (12 Dec 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of young people below the age of 18 currently in detention in the State; the number in each adult prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42935/06]