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Written Answers — Legal Aid Service: Legal Aid Service (11 May 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the guidelines for free legal aid; if student maintenance grant payments are included for the purpose of free legal aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18872/10]

Written Answers — Third Level Scholarships: Third Level Scholarships (13 May 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Offaly, who is a fluent Irish speaker attending a school in County Offaly, is not eligible to apply for a scholarship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19880/10]

Order of Business. (18 May 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Will we get the answer tomorrow night?

Order of Business. (18 May 2010)

Olwyn Enright: They can work on the two issues.

Constitutional Amendment on Children: Motion (18 May 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Hear, hear.

Constitutional Amendment on Children: Motion (18 May 2010)

Olwyn Enright: I was struck by the point Deputy Shatter made about the emphasis there has been in this House on NAMA and on how we could bring forward such complex legislation so quickly. Understandably, there has been a huge concentration in this House in the past year and a half on economic matters. That is the climate we were in. However, we need to spend a lot more time looking not just at how we...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (18 May 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital beds closed nationally at the most recent date on which information is available; the reason these beds are closed; the details of the Health Service Executive plans to close an additional 1,100 inpatient hospital beds in 2010; the location of these beds; her views on the impact that this will have on patient...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (18 May 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the communications that have taken place between her Department, the Health Service Executive and an organisation (details supplied) regarding the decrease in the funding to the organisation; if her attention has been drawn to the effect such a funding decrease will have on this organisation; her views on same; and if she will make a...

Order of Business. (20 May 2010)

Olwyn Enright: We cannot adopt something now.

Order of Business. (20 May 2010)

Olwyn Enright: This is the answer Members are receiving.

Written Answers — Humanitarian Assistance: Humanitarian Assistance (20 May 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the funding allocated to assist in relief following the Haiti earthquake; the organisation or person to whom this funding was given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20872/10]

Written Answers — Rapid Response Corps: Rapid Response Corps (20 May 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to increase the numbers of those in the Rapid Response Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20875/10]

Departmental Expenditure (25 May 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount that will be identified for savings within his Department in view of the instruction by the Department of Finance that departmental cuts of €3 billion must be identified within a month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21935/10]

Departmental Expenditure (25 May 2010)

Olwyn Enright: My question was more specific than the Minister's reply suggests. I asked him to indicate the amount of savings he expects to be identified for his Department. Of the €3 billion in savings for which the Minister for Finance has asked, what specific proportion has been asked of the Department of Social Protection? If he has not been given a specific figure by the Minister for Finance, is...

Departmental Expenditure (25 May 2010)

Olwyn Enright: The Minister said his priority is to protect the vulnerable irrespective of their age. However, recent comments of his, which he has not rowed back on, have raised concerns, particularly for pensioners. He has since provided some clarity in this regard but people remain genuinely worried. In the context of the budget for social protection, will the Minister indicate the categories of...

Departmental Expenditure (25 May 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Who are the vulnerable in the Minister's view? He has criteria for vulnerability and some are more vulnerable than others. Who does the Minister believe are the ones that he must protect?

Departmental Expenditure (25 May 2010)

Olwyn Enright: The elderly are a group in severe difficulties when one examines the OECD figures.

Departmental Expenditure (25 May 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Absolutely.

Departmental Expenditure (25 May 2010)

Olwyn Enright: From the Minister's experience, who are they?

Social Insurance (25 May 2010)

Olwyn Enright: No.