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Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 614: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces are in the process of procuring, or recently procured, ammunition; and if so, if any Israeli companies submitted tenders for the contract.. [12593/10]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 616: To ask the Minister for Defence the steps he will take to exclude all Israeli based companies from tendering for Defence Force procurement contracts. [12738/10]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 617: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Defence Agency code of conduct on defence procurement is explicitly a voluntary non-binding agreement which involves no legal commitment and which leaves the member State the authority to award its own contracts; and if in view of this, he will intervene to prevent the Defence Forces...

Written Answers — Post-Leaving Certificate Education: Post-Leaving Certificate Education (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 718: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the success of the Ballyfermot College of Further Education, Dublin 10, in having past pupils nominated for three Oscar awards recently and the fact that one won the much coveted Best Visual Effects Oscar in 2010, he will acknowledge the value of post-leaving certificate courses at this college; if he will increase...

Written Answers — Post-Leaving Certificate Education: Post-Leaving Certificate Education (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 719: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of post-leaving certificate places available in each college; and the number of applicants for each college term 2009/2010. [12274/10]

Written Answers — Post-Leaving Certificate Education: Post-Leaving Certificate Education (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 720: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps that he has taken to remove or change the cap of 13,000 on available post-leaving certificate places which is preventing thousands of young persons from gaining the education required to prepare for jobs as the recession abates. [12275/10]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 765: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has considered the implications of his decision to reduce the number of post-primary special, personal and health education support staff by 50; his views on whether this risks undoing the advances made in local drugs task force areas in recent years in terms of reducing the numbers of children at risk of becoming addicted to...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 766: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement detailing the way in which he envisages that the prevention pillar of the national drugs strategy can be fully delivered upon following his decision to reduce the number of special, personal and health education support staff; and the way his Department will deliver on its responsibility to monitor the...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (24 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 2 April 2009, if he requested the report from the Garda authorities on the matters set out in the original question; if he has received this report from the Garda authorities; if so, if he will provide a copy to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (24 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date by which the warmer homes scheme will be extended to the region of Erris in north Mayo; the efforts that have been made to ensure that persons in this area, who qualify, can avail of this scheme; and the alternative plans that are in place in the absence of a community and voluntary group facilitating...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (24 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science her views on the implications of her decision to end the substance misuse prevention programme dedicated support service to LDTFA and DEIS primary schools; her further views on the fact that her action risks undoing the advances made in LDTF areas in recent years in terms of reducing the numbers of children at risk of...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (24 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement detailing the way she envisages the prevention pillar of the national drugs strategy can be fully delivered upon following her decision to end the substance misuse prevention programme dedicated support service to LDTFA and DEIS primary schools; and the way her Department will meaningfully...

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is to do with the programme for Government.

National Drugs Strategy. (25 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Gabhaim comhghairdeas leis an Aire Stáit as a phost nua ach is trua gur eisean atá anseo anois, mar is cáineadh ar an Rialtas é an méid atá le rá agam. Níl an Aire Stáit ach díreach tar éis a phost nua a ghlacadh. The national drugs strategy is in crisis and the Government, in particular the Department of Education and Science, has chosen to abandon the strategy and the thousands...

Written Answers — Taxi Regulation: Taxi Regulation (25 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the current multi-agency checkpoints and operations aimed at ensuring compliance by taxi drivers with taxi regulations and tax obligations, in which the Garda Síochána participate, are insufficient to address issues of illegal taxi driving, tax evasion and welfare fraud; if the number of these operations...

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (25 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide additional funding to the Equality Authority and to the free legal advice centres in response to the evidence that an increasing number of employers are using the current economic climate as an excuse to discriminate against women who are pregnant, on maternity leave or returning to work after having a...

Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (25 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 was refused payment by the Community Welfare Office. [13474/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a jobseeker's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied); the date by which a decision is expected; and if they have been refused, the reason for the refusal. [13473/10]

Departmental Committees. (30 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Did the emergency response committee discuss whether the ability of local authorities to deal with the flooding and the freeze was impaired by the ban on local authority recruitment? Local authority workers are already under pressure because of the jobs embargo, pay cuts and, in many cases, overtime bans. Last April, the local authority professional officers branch of SIPTU stated that the...

Departmental Committees. (30 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I ask the Taoiseach whether he is aware of this issue and if the emergency response committee considered it. If we are to experience another emergency, we will be relying on these very grades and people. What was the committee's response to the issue of public health and safety of our water supplies, which are threatened because of the shortage of engineers? Experienced engineers are...