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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (9 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance if he sanctioned a post of head of translation unit in the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, recently advertised at a salary of €130,000, when there is an embargo on recruitment and when there is a translation unit, Rannóg an Aistríucháin, which operates under the Houses of the Oireachtas; if so, the reason for same; if...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the practice of general practitioners charging patients supplementary fees for blood tests, or other treatments or services, to make up for the reduction in the amounts being reimbursed by the Health Service Executive; if she will take steps to eradicate this process; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical card applications received in relation to people over 70 years; the number granted; the number refused; the number of discretionary cards granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22214/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff who have been allocated to the over 70 years medical card service in the primary care reimbursement service; the number of these who are permanent Health Service Executive staff; the number who are not HSE staff; the person who is their employer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22215/09]

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (9 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 319: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress of the metro north project including the expected start date; the time line for completion of the project; the funding allocation to the project for both 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22044/09]

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (9 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 320: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress of the metro west project; the expected start date; the time line for completion of the project; the funding allocation to the project for both 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22045/09]

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (9 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 321: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress of the DART underground project; the expected start date; the time line for completion of the project; the funding allocation to the project for both 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22046/09]

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (9 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 322: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress of the rail spur project from the Maynooth line to Dunboyne; the expected start date; the time line for completion of the project; the funding allocation to the project for both 2009 and 2010; when the Hansfield station is due to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22047/09]

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (9 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 441: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his intentions towards the community development groups; the number of community development projects there are in each county; the number of them that are limited companies; the funding they get; his proposals in relation to their future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22403/09]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (9 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 603: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools in the Dublin 15 area which have made applications to have works carried out under the summer works scheme 2009; the applications which have been successful; the details and amount of each successful application; the applications which have not been successful; the reason for which these applications were refused; and if...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (9 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 640: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that parents at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 have been notified that two classes are to be housed in another school building from September 2009 due to a shortage of space and that this school agreed to take on extra pupils on the basis that funds would be provided for the...

Written Answers — Strategic Innovation Fund: Strategic Innovation Fund (9 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 660: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will set out the allocation of funds under the strategic innovation fund from its inception; the amount that has been allocated in each year to each higher education institution here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22426/09]

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: How much?

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: The chairman said he was constrained.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: The Minister of State is not that tight with the Minister, Deputy Willie O'Dea.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: There is very little the Deputy and the Minister, Deputy Willie O'Dea, agree on.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: He should not take the analogies too far.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: I thank the Chair. I always look forward to his protection. He is a perfect gentleman.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: I was unable to be here all the time during the debate because, like many other Deputies, I spent the last three or four hours in Molesworth Street listening to the people on the march who were giving their take on the way the Government has dealt with the issue of redress and people who were in institutions. While we will get an opportunity to discuss that important issue tomorrow and on...

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: If anyone disagreed or made any critique it was almost as though one was accused of patriotic disloyalty. The Taoiseach was fatally wrong. A United Kingdom commentator has listed four things a country needs like a hole in the head, namely, a boom based on a property bubble; a boom based on a credit bubble; an economy with excessive dependence on financial services; and a Government on a...