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Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (4 Nov 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 271: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if the terms of the transfer of undertakings have been fully respected in a case (details supplied); if the existing firms are protected beyond a six month period and if a new company who operates other sites or different terms and conditions is entitled to consolidate operations at the lower terms. [40910/10]

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (4 Nov 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 272: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he provides any advisory services for persons considering the establishment of a co-operative; or if his attention has been drawn to any support networks. [40911/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (9 Nov 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason for her recent notification that a facility (details supplied) is to be closed by her Department; if she has assessed the impact on the members of the club; if she will indicate the savings this will generate and her plans for this building if it is vacated [41095/10]

Written Answers — Foster Care: Foster Care (9 Nov 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has made provision for grant aid for persons who are designated to become foster parents to undertake necessary home improvements [41686/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (9 Nov 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 317: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the problems for Irish citizens returning home due to the application of the habitual residence rule and the steps he will take to ensure that such citizens are not excluded from income support [41436/10]

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (9 Nov 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 362: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the impact of the proposed European directive on postal services, on the service levels, employment and employment conditions in the Irish postal service; if he plans protections to ensure that it will not bring in unfair competition to the sector and the way he will ensure that universal postal...

Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)

Richard Bruton: Deputy Riley is a shrinking violet and needs to be treated gently.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)

Richard Bruton: Under the Public Service Management Act 1997, every new Minister who takes up office is obliged to have a strategic plan for his or her Department within six months. That deadline has passed and none of the Departments to my knowledge, and certainly not the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation which I shadow, has produced such a strategy statement. These are the bedrock on which...

Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)

Richard Bruton: This is the Taoiseach's business-----

Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)

Richard Bruton: I beg the Ceann Comhairle's tolerance, I have been informed-----

Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)

Richard Bruton: I beg the Ceann Comhairle's indulgence in this matter.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)

Richard Bruton: This is not a matter for a parliamentary question; this relates to the obligation of Ministers to set out for the Oireachtas the strategies they are pursuing. Ministers are obliged under the 1997 Act to do so within six months. I am informed that the Department of the Taoiseach has vetoed the publication of those strategies.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)

Richard Bruton: That is what they are saying.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)

Richard Bruton: The Departments and the Taoiseach can guess which Department is involved. It is indicating that the Taoiseach has decided these strategy statements will not be published and that we will not have access. I ask the Taoiseach to clarify the position in writing to me.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (10 Nov 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements in place to allow certain persons within the public service to obtain additional years towards their pension rights; if these arrangements are available equally to all public servants or if there are individual schemes in different workplaces; the way he can ensure that opportunities are made available fairly on an adequate...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (11 Nov 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if construction on the proposed new hospital for Kenmare, County Kerry will begin in 2010; if this project has been included in the capital programme for 2010; the planned opening date for this hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41920/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 Nov 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of hospitals offering thrombolysis here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41917/10]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (11 Nov 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the results of her audit of the special needs assistants programme; the decisions made to date in respect of the service since the audit was completed; her views on the development of this service over the coming four years of budgetary consolidation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (16 Nov 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants employed in each county in the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 in tabular form. [42522/10]