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Written Answers — Defence Forces Medical Service: Defence Forces Medical Service (24 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is procedure for members of the Defence Forces who take their own lives to be tested for lariam toxins during post-mortem procedures. [36725/11]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Medical Service: Defence Forces Medical Service (24 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has examined international best practice in prescribing anti-malarial drugs to soldiers deployed in malaria zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36726/11]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Medical Service: Defence Forces Medical Service (24 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Defence the costs of prescribing lariam to soldiers deployed in malaria zones; if he has examined the costs of prescribing doxycycline and malarone instead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36727/11]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Medical Service: Defence Forces Medical Service (24 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the US Centre for Disease Control's most recent yellow book contains guidance to doctors that doxycycline and malarone should be prescribed before lariam for travel to malaria zones. [36728/11]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Medical Service: Defence Forces Medical Service (24 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of the medical research that he used that led to the decision being taken to use lariam as the drug of choice for soldiers being deployed in malaria zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36729/11]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Medical Service: Defence Forces Medical Service (24 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the views of the Dublin city coroner, that users of lariam may suffer extreme psychotic reactions as a result, as well as the views of the State Pathologist that the drug can induce psychosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36730/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (29 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 394: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will initiate a national study on the impact of gambling; the dates on which he will begin, conclude and publish this study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36924/11]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (30 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 17: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been a rationalisation impact assessment of household waste collection; and if he intends to introduce a bill to introduce competitive tendering for household waste collection, under which service providers would bid to provide waste collection services in a given area, for a given period of...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (30 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 47: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made in the development of a plan to resolve the issues surrounding ghost estates; and if he will carry out an audit of properties in the control of the National Asset Management Agency and a needs analysis of those on local authority housing lists. [37558/11]

Prison Accommodation (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on 21 November 2011 open prisons Loughan House, County Cavan and Shelton Abbey, County Wicklow, were both under capacity; the reason overcrowding persists in prisons such as Mountjoy, Dublin, due to the imprisonment of large numbers of persons for minor offences who could be placed in...

Prison Accommodation (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: One of the reasons I put down the question was because the figures we got from the parliamentary question were startling in terms of the bed capacity and the current population. Now that the Minister has clarified that it did not include those on temporary release I can understand the reason the figures were so low on that day. As the Minister stated in his reply, open centres are the type...

Prison Accommodation (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: To be clear, will part of the remit of the new policy review group the Minister is establishing be to examine existing prison structures and the possibility of expanding within those confines even, for instance, in terms of Castlerea Prison where there is a good deal of open space? We could examine the possibility of doing something similar to what was done in the Six Counties where they put...

Departmental Agencies (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he has discontinued funding for an organisation (details supplied); if he will reinstate this funding to allow them to continue their activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38143/11]

Departmental Agencies (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: I assure the Minister of State that we submitted the question last Thursday before I spoke to her on Friday. It was not done to put her on the spot; it was simply that the question was submitted before I spoke to her. I wish to know more about the reasoning behind it. The Minister of State suggested that the majority of money was spent on administration and headquarters costs. Is it...

Departmental Agencies (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. The groups affiliated to the PwDI remain at work. The Minister of State suggested there is no reason they cannot continue in a volunteering capacity but this is simply not practical for all the groups. Is there any possibility that these groups could apply for funding in other areas within the Department or through the HSE to enable them to...

Prison Visiting Committees (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: With regard to St. Patrick's Institution, I have the report before me and it makes for great reading. However, let us consider some of the figures we have obtained since its publication. In a recent report by the Inspector of Prisons in Ireland, it was noted that 25% of the juvenile population in St. Patrick's Institution asked to be held on detention for their own safety. Given the number...

Prison Visiting Committees (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: I again refer to complaints. The report states 44 requests for complaint forms were made, yet only 19 were submitted. That suggests for whatever reason people do not feel comfortable making complaints after receiving forms. Is there any reason why the remit of the Ombudsman for Children cannot be extended to cover that?

Prison Visiting Committees (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Is it possible to inform prisoners that the option of communicating with the Ombudsman for Children is available?

Departmental Funding (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: I welcome the Minister's comment in regard to Kilworth Prison. In regard to the construction of new Garda stations, I presume this comes under the remit of the Department of Justice and Equality. We have just had a debate on the proposed closure of some existing stations. However, a planning application was recently submitted in respect of a new Garda station in Cork. Where will the...

Fines Legislation (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Yes, I agree as we dealt with this matter earlier.