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Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (6 Dec 2005)

David Stanton: Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the average time it takes for a person who wishes to adopt a child from an outside country to be assessed; the procedures involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37660/05]

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (6 Dec 2005)

David Stanton: Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the countries with which the State has an adoption agreement; her plans to make further agreements with other countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37661/05]

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (6 Dec 2005)

David Stanton: Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the age restrictions placed on couples who wish to adopt children from outside the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37662/05]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (6 Dec 2005)

David Stanton: Question 301: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the initiatives his Department has in place to facilitate ex-prisoners in returning to the workforce; the supports and services available to them to enter employment; the success of these initiatives in enabling ex-prisoners to secure employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38229/05]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (6 Dec 2005)

David Stanton: Question 302: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports and services available to employers and employees who are seeking to upgrade their qualifications and skills with regard to the upskilling of the Irish workforce; when these supports and services were launched; the success of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38230/05]

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (6 Dec 2005)

David Stanton: Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in regard to foreign national students who have been residing here for more than five years and who have completed second level education here, are eligible to pay fees for attendance at third level institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37806/05]

Written Answers — Army Barracks: Army Barracks (7 Dec 2005)

David Stanton: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department has ever sought or received valuations for its property at Cathal Brugha Barracks and McKee Barracks in Dublin; his plans to dispose of these properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38123/05]

Written Answers — Rental Accommodation Scheme: Rental Accommodation Scheme (7 Dec 2005)

David Stanton: Question 261: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 96 of 28 June 2005, his progress in meeting the target of housing 5,000 households which are long-term recipients of the rent supplement by the end of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38481/05]

Written Answers — Rental Accommodation Scheme: Rental Accommodation Scheme (7 Dec 2005)

David Stanton: Question 262: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department received €19 million from the Vote of the Department of Social and Family Affairs for a long-term accommodation initiative for rent supplement tenants; the amount of this transferred money that has been spent since his Department received it; the way in which the money was spent; and if he...

Written Answers — Rental Accommodation Scheme: Rental Accommodation Scheme (7 Dec 2005)

David Stanton: Question 263: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of long-term rent supplement recipient households which have been housed to date in 2005 under the rent supplement initiative; the type of housing they received under this initiative; the breakdown of the number of households housed under each housing option; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Industry: Sugar Beet Industry (8 Dec 2005)

David Stanton: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on whether the compensation package from the EU will be sufficient to meet the needs of growers and workers in the beet industry here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38443/05]

Written Answers — Alternative Farm Enterprises: Alternative Farm Enterprises (8 Dec 2005)

David Stanton: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she intends to increase funding and supports to promote and develop the biofuels sector in view of its importance as an alternative for the beet industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38444/05]

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (8 Dec 2005)

David Stanton: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a feasibility study has been carried out on the need to construct a new interconnector between Ireland and Britain to enable the further development of wind energy here; the situation regarding wind energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38649/05]

Social Welfare Bill 2005: Second Stage. (13 Dec 2005)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for the helpful briefing provided by his officials today. We have a booming economy and the Government is collecting unprecedented sums in both direct and indirect taxation. The CSO figures released yesterday show that almost one fifth of the population are at risk of poverty, while the National Disability Authority, NDA, has painted a picture that demonstrates people...

Social Welfare Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Dec 2005)

David Stanton: I agree with the assertion by the Minister for Social and Family Affairs that we have a booming economy. He argued it is only just that the people who helped lay the foundations of our current prosperity are allowed to enjoy the fruits of the advances the country has made in the last ten years or so. I have pointed out areas that still remain to be addressed. The National Disability...

Social Welfare Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Dec 2005)

David Stanton: That is the beauty of it. I am not sure if it sells any more newspapers. On 27 March 2005, the Minister indicated in one newspaper that he would like to move to a system that would replace the lone parent allowance with the more family friendly child benefit. In April, he stated in another newspaper that officials were still examining plans to replace the lone parent allowance with a more...

Social Welfare Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Dec 2005)

David Stanton: That was when men were men.

Social Welfare Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Dec 2005)

David Stanton: Yes.

Schools Building Projects. (13 Dec 2005)

David Stanton: I wish to share one minute of my time with Deputy Ned O'Keeffe. Tá áthas orm go bhfuil an tAire anseo anocht. Ba mhaith liom bheith ábalta an t-ábhar seo a phlé as Gaeilge ach níl an Ghaeilge go flúirseach agam agus tá náire orm mar sin. I am disappointed I cannot address the matter as Gaeilge but the opportunity I was given to learn Irish was not as good as the opportunity given to...

Schools Building Projects. (13 Dec 2005)

David Stanton: I clarified the situation with the developer this evening.