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Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (1 Mar 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to a fall of in tourism in areas outside the capital; his proposals to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8584/06]

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (1 Mar 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has issued instructions to the tourism promoting agencies with a view to maximising the promotion of tourism in tandem with the Ryder Cup; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8585/06]

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (1 Mar 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of community based groups involved in the production of musicals or festivals which received grant aid from his Department in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8588/06]

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (1 Mar 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of crimes recorded across all headings in Naas Garda division during 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8471/06]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (1 Mar 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for a visa for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8481/06]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (2 Mar 2006)

Bernard Durkan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of vital national interest, namely, the recent and alarming reports of increased incidence of tuberculosis, with particular reference to the north inner city; the obvious failure to provide the promised 18-bed unit in St. James's Hospital, Dublin, on the closure of the specialised unit at Peamount Hospital, which...

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Bernard Durkan: It is called a relay race.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Bernard Durkan: I have had a similar experience. I have received no reply to a question put down on 25 January. The question sought to ascertain the people who are involved in advising the Minister as spin doctors, consultants or media advisers. I do not expect to receive a reply. Interestingly, I put down a question about Naas Hospital around the same time and I was told in the reply that the question was...

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Bernard Durkan: I will be coming after Deputy Noel Dempsey in a minute.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Bernard Durkan: It is a total disgrace.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Bernard Durkan: We get no answers.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Bernard Durkan: The Tánaiste wants to answer.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Bernard Durkan: It is the precise responsibility of the three Ministers. It is the Tánaiste's Department. She has failed miserably to live up to her responsibilities. It is negligence and she should not try to defend it. If there are serious repercussions, it will be her responsibility.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Doctors should know about it beforehand if they are so well versed. If the Tánaiste had not closed the other place it would not have happened.

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (2 Mar 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 37: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she has taken to address the ongoing issue of hospital patients being forced to wait, in some cases several days, on hospital trolleys; if an evaluation has been done to determine the underlying reasons for this continuing problem; if her attention has been drawn to the serious damage being done to the quality...

Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (2 Mar 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when it is expected the pharmacies Bill will become law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8762/06]

Written Answers — Health Service Reports: Health Service Reports (2 Mar 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the health service reports, commissioned in the past ten years, she expects to use as a model for the administration of health services; the way in which it is intended to achieve transparency, accountability and value for money in view of the experiences since the abolition of the health boards; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Mar 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the instructions she proposes to issue to the Health Service Executive with a view to addressing the serious issue of patients waiting on trolleys for attention at Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare; if her attention has been drawn to the anxiety, pain and suffering of patients, relatives and friends in this...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Mar 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she proposes to eliminate the widespread use of hospital trolleys in lieu of beds at Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8765/06]

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (2 Mar 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of MRSA cases recorded to date; if the number of incidences are on the decrease or otherwise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8763/06]