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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Loans (17 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to a loan sought by Roscommon County Council for the development of a new civic headquarters, the persons from whom the county council are getting the loan; the interest rate they are paying on the loan; the number of years the loan is for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45271/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (17 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the application of fluoride to drinking water here, if he will confirm that the contract to supply fluoride is due for renewal soon; if he will confirm that a company (details supplied) is the supplier; if he will provide the contract date and the duration of the new contract; the cost to the State of the contract; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (17 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the Health Service Executive commenced using silicofluoride chemicals for water fluoridation instead of sodium fluoride; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45005/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (17 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the exact dates on which the Health Service Executive started using hydrofluorosilicic/hexafluorisilicic acid that was sourced from industrial scrubbers from a supplier in the Netherlands; if he will confirm the date on which this contract was terminated and replaced with a supplier in Spain; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (17 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health the financial costs associated with capital infrastructure for the installation of over 250 fluoridation systems in water treatment facilities here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45010/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (17 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health the number of pollution incidences that have occurred from fluoride facilities that have resulted in the uncontrolled discharge of fluoride chemicals into the environment since 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45029/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (17 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health if either he or management within the Health Service Executive have read the history of fluoridation provided by BBC Journalist Christopher Byson's in his book The Fluoride Deception; in view of the fact that the Fluoride Deception was published in 2005, his views on whether the continued practice of water fluoridation here constitutes negligence; and if he will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: At a meeting with a delegation from Roscommon last week a question was asked about the withdrawal of services from Ballina to Dublin. It sounded like a fairly extreme question but the answer justified asking it. The question was as follows: if Bus Éireann decided to remove every stop between, say, Ballina and Dublin, could anything be done about it? I understand from listening to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Medical Card Applications (18 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider granting a medical card to a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45468/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Medical Products (18 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is expected to take at least 18 months to bring legislation to Dáil Éireann for the introduction of cannabis based medicine for the relief of pain for certain ailments such as multiple sclerosis, glaucoma and others; if it is necessary to run clinical trials when the medicine has already been tested and approved in the UK and Belgium; and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Medical Card Applications (18 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider granting a medical card to a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45468/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Medical Products (18 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is expected to take at least 18 months to bring legislation to Dáil Éireann for the introduction of cannabis based medicine for the relief of pain for certain ailments such as multiple sclerosis, glaucoma and others; if it is necessary to run clinical trials when the medicine has already been tested and approved in the UK and Belgium; and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Registration (23 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to include for the registration of deaths of Irish citizens abroad; her plans to do so, and, when might such amendments may be likely; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45887/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Semi-State Bodies (23 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the administration costs of CIE and Bus Éireann; the percentage of their total budget in administrative costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45638/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (23 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the decision to cut bus routes is taken by him, The National Transport Authority or Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45726/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Registration (23 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to include for the registration of deaths of Irish citizens abroad; her plans to do so, and, when might such amendments may be likely; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45887/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Semi-State Bodies (23 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the administration costs of CIE and Bus Éireann; the percentage of their total budget in administrative costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45638/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (23 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the decision to cut bus routes is taken by him, The National Transport Authority or Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45726/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Semi-State Bodies (23 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the administration costs of CIE and Bus Éireann; the percentage of their total budget in administrative costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45638/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (23 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the decision to cut bus routes is taken by him, The National Transport Authority or Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45726/12]