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Housing Developments: Motion. (22 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue which I raised last April as it is one of growing concern countrywide. In Dublin some 40% of homes are apartment complexes. The number of apartments built in my local authority last year was a staggering eight times greater than houses. It seems that apartment building in urban areas is becoming more the norm. There is a great need for...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received a proposal from the Health Service Executive to establish four hospital networks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35406/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce more MRI scanners to the public health system; if so, the number of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35405/05]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 333: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the promise of mainstreaming community employment schemes offering services to the disabled will be fulfilled; and if the necessary core funding in the Health Service Executive budget for 2006 will be included. [35776/05]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (22 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 355: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify and justify the requirement that existing long-term contract staff should be subject to the acceptance of decentralisation prior to any establishment of their positions in view of the fact that the Government has consistently maintained that decentralisation for current staff was voluntary. [35779/05]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (22 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 423: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will nominate the three US airport destinations to which Ireland will have access from November 2006; and the factors which will be considered in their selection. [35173/05]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (22 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 424: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in relation to the recent revised bilateral agreement, concluded with the US Government he has relevant information on the volume of freight which currently passes through Shannon airport, both to and from the US; his views on whether there is sufficient current freight business passing through Shannon airport to sustain the existing level...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (22 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 426: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the fact that the Dublin Port tunnel will not open until December 2006, as articulated by the Minister for Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35189/05]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (22 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 427: To ask the Minister for Transport the moneys paid by the Exchequer to City of Derry Airport in regard to the provision of air services operated by the airport or airline firms; the areas to which such moneys are allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35197/05]

Written Answers — National Spatial Strategy: National Spatial Strategy (22 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 428: To ask the Minister for Transport if Transport 21 is consistent with the recommendations set out for the north west in the national spatial strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35198/05]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (22 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 429: To ask the Minister for Transport if he remains satisfied that he is correct in his view, as expressed in a parliamentary question of 2 November 2005, that the Dublin Port tunnel can be completed at the cost of €751 million; if this figure includes compensation sought by the construction company involved in the tunnel's construction; if not, if his attention has been drawn to...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (22 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 430: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received draft business plans from any of the three State airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35295/05]

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (22 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 436: To ask the Minister for Transport if the driving tester recruitment examinations will be carried out in a number of centres around the country. [35520/05]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (22 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 536: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the temporary letting of the lands required for a school (details supplied) will be agreed to in view of the intractable problems of title which have prevented the long overdue permanent school construction. [35218/05]

Estimates for Public Services 2006: Motion (Resumed). (23 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank my colleague for sharing his time with me. In the limited time I have available I want to concentrate on a few areas of transport. We are all disgusted at the format of the Estimates which give so little information. Any debate on how money is spent is inadequately informed by the nature of the Estimates. In transport it is even more of a farce. While we have a different five-year...

Estimates for Public Services 2006: Motion (Resumed). (23 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: The Minister should wait; he will get his chance. Thousands are coming down from this area to the lovely Luas service built at taxpayer's expense. Buses were to bring them down in their hundreds. We built the lay-by; we have the bus stop and the shelter but no buses. On routes served by a private operator miraculously Dublin Bus can find the buses to compete. The people without a bus service...

Estimates for Public Services 2006: Motion (Resumed). (23 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: The Minister should stick around.

Estimates for Public Services 2006: Motion (Resumed). (23 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: We both want buses on the road, as the Minister knows.

Estimates for Public Services 2006: Motion (Resumed). (23 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: The Minister should put his money where his mouth is.

Air Services. (24 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the impact of the reformed bilateral aviation agreement between Ireland and the US on Irish airlines and airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36200/05]