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Order of Business (27 Nov 2008)

Richard Bruton: The heart of our business is the way in which budgets are presented. Of course it is in order.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Nov 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the means test for a medical card which applies to persons aged 70 years and over will be administered in the case of a person in a nursing home, whose gross income may exceed the €700 per week threshold, but for whom the costs of the nursing home completely absorb this income; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (2 Dec 2008)

Richard Bruton: I wish to share time with Deputy Kieran O'Donnell.

Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (2 Dec 2008)

Richard Bruton: I welcome this Bill, which has been long anticipated. Over the years in which the Ombudsman has been in action, there has been a quiet revolution in the attitude within the public service to responding to needs and complaints. This is a welcome development although there are still cases — these are the ones that command headlines — in which people's needs seem to have been trampled...

Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (2 Dec 2008)

Richard Bruton: In broad terms, I welcome this Bill. I am sure we will have the opportunity on Committee Stage to debate many of the sections in detail and I look forward to that stage.

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (2 Dec 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of metropolitan area networks that have been constructed around towns here under the most recent MANs roll-out programme but which are not currently functioning as part of the counties information technology infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43666/08]

Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (2 Dec 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the information he has received from the Central Bank on the state of the flow of lending to small businesses; and the monthly statistics for the volume of outstanding credit and the flow of new credit to small businesses under different lending categories. [43849/08]

Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (2 Dec 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has instructed the Central Bank to monitor changes in the conditions of loans being imposed on small business borrowers in order that an accurate picture of lending conditions can be compiled; and if he plans to require banks to give minimum notice periods to its customers of intentions to change such conditions. [43850/08]

Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (2 Dec 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance the conditions which have been included in the individual agreements with banks under the scheme for the deposit guarantee to secure a continuing flow of credit to small businesses. [43851/08]

Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (2 Dec 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure which is being used to draw up potential names for public interest directors of the banks; if he will reveal the list before discussions begin with the banks regarding appointments; and when he will complete the process. [43852/08]

Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (2 Dec 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance the findings of the PricewaterhouseCoopers report on the Irish banks; and the aggregate data across all banks for loans likely to default, loans requiring intensive care and so on. [43853/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (2 Dec 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance the frequency with which the consumer panel of the Irish Financial Services Regularity Authority meet; the date of its last meeting; and the membership of same. [43920/08]

Written Answers — Public Service Remuneration: Public Service Remuneration (2 Dec 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the saving in 2009 of the 4% reduction in public service pay off 2008 outturn; the sectors that have been excluded from this requirement; the cost in 2009 of the carryover from pay settlements made earlier; the cost in 2009 of the new increase due in August 2009; the carryover cost of extra staff employed in 2008 on the 2009 pay bill; the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Dec 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a follow up study has been undertaken of the major hospitals to see the progress that has been made in factors critical to the efficiency of the operation identified in a consultants report some years ago; and if she is satisfied with the progress being made in the management of accident and emergency caseloads. [43545/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Dec 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the practical changes in the operation of accident and emergency departments that will be possible as a result of the implementation of the new consultants contract; if consultants from all specialties will play a role in speeding up the flow of patients through accident and emergency on a 24 hour basis; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (2 Dec 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the discussions that have taken place since Dáil Éireann last debated the issue of wider recognition for the applied behavioural analysis approach to the education of children in the autistic spectrum; if he will sanction the approval of more schools dedicated to the use of this approach; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (2 Dec 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria for granting permanent recognition to a school; the criteria a school (details supplied) must fulfil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43847/08]

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (2 Dec 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the date on which a decision to acquire a site for a school (details supplied) was made; the action which has been taken since that decision was made; the reduction in the capital allocation for 2008 and 2009 which has been imposed since that decision was made; and the criteria against which it was decided that this project no...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (3 Dec 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to parliamentary Question No. 331 of 13 November 2007, if he is in a position to state the number of applications and the amount applied for in grants under the farm improvement grants scheme received by each of the offices and sub-offices of his Department by 22 October 2007; if applications received by the end of...

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (3 Dec 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the percentage targets of total land he expects to achieve in relation to afforestation of land for each of the next ten years in view of the decisions taken in budget 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43890/08]