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Care of the Elderly (5 May 2010)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing my matter be raised on the Adjournment this evening. I want to raise three points about the home help service in Ballyfermot and Inchicore, namely, the importance of the service to the local community, the effects of the proposed cuts on the elderly and the status of the employees, which is very unclear. None of them know where they stand regarding...

Written Answers — Search and Rescue Service: Search and Rescue Service (5 May 2010)

Catherine Byrne: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the Waterford helicopter search and rescue service; the reason he changed his policy on this matter; if the helicopters are new or second hand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17943/10]

Written Answers — Prison Service: Prison Service (5 May 2010)

Catherine Byrne: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the weekly payments awarded to prisoners; the amount they receive; if they carry out duties to earn this payment; if they receive a Christmas bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17681/10]

Written Answers — Criminal Assets Bureau: Criminal Assets Bureau (5 May 2010)

Catherine Byrne: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of properties that the Criminal Assets Bureau own in the Dublin 8 area; if CAB own a property (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17682/10]

Written Answers — Drugs in Prisons: Drugs in Prisons (5 May 2010)

Catherine Byrne: Question 237: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity of drugs seized in Mountjoy Prison and in St. Patrick's Institution in 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17683/10]

Written Answers — Mobile Telephony: Mobile Telephony (5 May 2010)

Catherine Byrne: Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of mobile telephones seized from prisoners at Mountjoy and St. Patrick's Institution in 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17684/10]

School Utility Services (6 May 2010)

Catherine Byrne: Question 7: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the action she has taken to address the fact that schools are now treated as businesses for the purpose of paying for gas; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the pricing structure is unfair for schools with limited funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18216/10]

Sale of Dangerous Substances (11 May 2010)

Catherine Byrne: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied that everything possible is being done to prevent dangerous substances being sold for human consumption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19056/10]

Sale of Dangerous Substances (11 May 2010)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the Minister for his reply. We must do everything possible to prevent the sale of some of the products found in head shops throughout the State. My question as tabled referred to SI 62 of 2004 of the European Union, which governs the packaging and labelling of dangerous products. Unfortunately, that part of the question was not accepted. I am interested to discover whether this...

Sale of Dangerous Substances (11 May 2010)

Catherine Byrne: The Minister has spoken about the drugs awareness campaign in the past couple of weeks. Is there any progress on that? I may have missed what the Minister said about it just now.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32. (11 May 2010)

Catherine Byrne: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise the following issue of national importance, namely, the recent announcement that the home help hours across the country will be reduced to 7.5 hours per week. A home help will be able to spend no more than ten minutes getting an old person out of bed and dressed in the morning, and 15 minutes assisting him or her in...

Order of Business (11 May 2010)

Catherine Byrne: On promised legislation of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, when will the criminal justice (psychotropic substances) Bill be published so that we all can see what the measures included in it are, and when will it come into effect? The Minister, Deputy Dermot Ahern, has stated that the Garda will play an important role in ensuring that head shops are compliant with this new...

National Drugs Strategy (13 May 2010)

Catherine Byrne: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Justice; Equality and Law Reform his views on the recently published Europol EMCDDA report on the cocaine market; his further views on the rise in cocaine seizures here; the way he is working to tackle this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18974/10]

National Drugs Strategy (13 May 2010)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the Minister for his reply. We do not need statistics to tell us how much cocaine is on the streets; one need only walk around this city or the streets of one's own community. Cocaine has no boundaries as a recreational drug. For many young people it is their weekend pick-me-up, mixed with alcohol and other substances. It is causing devastation in communities throughout this city....

National Drugs Strategy (13 May 2010)

Catherine Byrne: Yes. The report also shows that cocaine use is more prevalent in Ireland that in other countries. How does the Minister propose to prevent the illegal importation of the drug with one patrol boat and limited customs checks in a small number of areas? We are fighting a losing battle because we do not have adequate resources in place. The Minister referred to community-based projects. If...

National Drugs Strategy (13 May 2010)

Catherine Byrne: I appreciate the Minister's frank answer. Yesterday I stood in a church with several hundred people who had buried their children because of drug addiction. I listened to the archbishop of Dublin appealing to public representatives and the Government to raise the bar in terms of efforts to combat drug addiction and in terms of drug seizures. If we cannot do that, there is no hope for the...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (18 May 2010)

Catherine Byrne: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if building work has begun at any of the eight co-location sites in view of her plan to free up 1,000 public beds through the co-location plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20242/10]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (18 May 2010)

Catherine Byrne: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the drug rehabilitation services in this county are adequate to cater for the problem of addiction in our towns and cities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18973/10]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 May 2010)

Catherine Byrne: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce changes to the home help service; if home help hours are to be reduced; if reviews of home help service are to be conducted in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20901/10]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 May 2010)

Catherine Byrne: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a home help service (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if this service is due to be privatised; if cuts are to be made to home help hours and to home helps' wages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20902/10]