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Social Partnership. (6 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the status of the talks with the social partners. [16424/09]

Special Educational Needs: Motion. (6 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It falls to me to make the last contribution in this debate this evening and to appeal to Government to step back from the brink. The cutting of education for children with special needs is one of the most deplorable acts perpetrated by this totally discredited Government. When it comes to cuts, it now seems to be a rule of thumb for this Fianna Fáil and Green Party Government that the...

Special Educational Needs: Motion. (6 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----shame on the Department of Education and Science and shame on this Government. If the Minister took the time to look at the correspondence, lobbies and submissions that are sent to his office, he would see the real effects of these cruel measures on needy children. For example, St. Catherine's senior girls school in Cabra recently sent the Minister a detailed submission illustrating...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (6 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the development of a new national positive ageing strategy, which was committed to in the programme for Government; the voluntary groups she has met with on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17567/09]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (6 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has worked with other Government Departments to develop operational plans clearly setting out objectives relating to older people; if so, the Departments with which she has worked; the progress made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17568/09]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (6 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the roll out of BreastCheck in County Donegal will not happen in 2009; when this life saving service will be made available to the women of Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17643/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (6 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Cavan, whose medical card is due to expire at the end of April 2009, is entitled to a renewal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17767/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the access of out-of-hours general practitioner services to patients' critical medical histories in view of the sudden death on 14 February 2009 of a person (details supplied). [18018/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be given an appointment with a consultant at Tullamore Hospital, County Offaly; and if this will be expedited. [18058/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment. [18092/09]

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (6 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 31 March 2009. [18093/09]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (6 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 293: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has developed initiatives to improve accessibility for older people in rural and urban areas to public transport; the details of these initiatives and their location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17569/09]

Written Answers — Discrimination in the Workplace: Discrimination in the Workplace (6 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 317: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the initiatives he has put in place to guard against age-related discrimination in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17566/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (6 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 412: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is the case that the common travel area agreement has not been renewed and therefore a person is no longer granted credit for time spent living in the Six Counties for the purposes of the habitual residence condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17688/09]

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (6 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 477: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to facilitate the building of retirement villages and introduce purpose-built neighbourhoods for older people in existing communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17571/09]

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (6 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 592: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has set up a training programme on computer literacy for persons over 50 years of age; and if not, when such a programme will be established. [17570/09]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (6 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 606: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal which is seeking an appointment under the developing schools criteria in view of the overcrowding problem there and the safety issue which exists with regard to the size of its classroom. [17697/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (6 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 607: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has reviewed the appeal made by a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow with regard to the abolition of the school's special needs class. [17698/09]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (6 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 611: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will list, on a county basis, the amount per school that has been spent on prefabs over the past five years. [17721/09]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (7 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 34: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there will be almost 4,000 affordable homes vacant by the end of 2009, that these affordable homes are often the same cost as or less than a similar unit in the private market and that people are finding it difficult to obtain a mortgage on a private home even...