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Written Answers — Military Medals: Military Medals (2 Nov 2005)

John Gormley: Question 617: To ask the Minister for Defence when Government guidelines relating to the issuing and wearing of military medals will be made available to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31695/05]

Written Answers — Military Medals: Military Medals (2 Nov 2005)

John Gormley: Question 618: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of the members of the medal board; the person who appoints these members; the persons to whom they are responsible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31696/05]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (2 Nov 2005)

John Gormley: Question 619: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of married quarters housing units there were in 1990; the number there are today; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31697/05]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (2 Nov 2005)

John Gormley: Question 639: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the documentation he signed for a public private partnership for an incinerator on the Poolbeg Peninsula in Ringsend will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31874/05]

National Emergency Plan. (3 Nov 2005)

John Gormley: Does the Minister share my concern that we do not appear to have a written plan? Even though we are informed that the plans are being revised, we have been briefed on this side of the House by the Department of Health and Children, the HSE and others to that effect. Are there sufficient anti-virals for members of the Defence Forces, who will be on the frontline? What powers will members of...

EU Battle Groups. (3 Nov 2005)

John Gormley: Is the Minister aware that Simon Devereaux, the deputy secretary of the Defence Forces' staff representative association, PDFORRA, expressed concern last month at the group's annual conference about the level of funding available to the Defence Forces for the battle groups? He argued that Ireland would carry out the process cheaply. Does the Minister agree with the assessment of Mr. Devereaux...

EU Battle Groups. (3 Nov 2005)

John Gormley: They will be involved in battles.

EU Battle Groups. (3 Nov 2005)

John Gormley: We supported it on this side of the House.

EU Battle Groups. (3 Nov 2005)

John Gormley: Are they happy with that position?

EU Battle Groups. (3 Nov 2005)

John Gormley: And because Deputy O'Dea is the Minister for Defence.

Defence Forces Remuneration. (3 Nov 2005)

John Gormley: How do the pay scales of members of the Defence Forces compare with the pay scales of other EU member states? Are we up to scratch or falling behind?

Defence Forces Recruitment. (3 Nov 2005)

John Gormley: How often are fitness tests carried out on members of the Defence Forces? Is the Minister happy with the levels of fitness among all members of the Defence Forces? The elite Rangers strike me as being quite a fit bunch but perhaps others do not reach the necessary standard.

Written Answers — Military Police Investigations: Military Police Investigations (3 Nov 2005)

John Gormley: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Defence if an inquiry has been ordered into serious allegations that an Irish soldier in the Rockhill Barracks, Letterkenny, stole diesel from army trucks and filled them up with illegal diesel produced by the Provisional IRA; if the soldier has been suspended while the inquiry is taking place; when the inquiry is due to be complete; and if he will make a...

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (8 Nov 2005)

John Gormley: This amendment involves appointing party hacks and cronyism. We have had far too much of that in Irish political life. The public is rightly cynical about this type of activity.

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (8 Nov 2005)

John Gormley: The Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Tim O'Malley, is departing the scene knowing quite well that what is being proposed here is the type of stunt we associate with other parties, perhaps the senior member in the coalition arrangement. His party has always professed itself to be above this type of action and it is actually engaging in it. That is regrettable...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (8 Nov 2005)

John Gormley: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of children with special needs attending non-fee paying schools in designated disadvantaged areas compared with those attending non-fee paying schools in other areas on a school basis. [32731/05]

Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (8 Nov 2005)

John Gormley: Question 611: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the guarantee to the effect that her Department will continue to support the research functions previously discharged by ITE; if so, the position regarding the current status of projects such as the Irish-Spanish dictionary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32658/05]

Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (8 Nov 2005)

John Gormley: Question 612: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the progress on the liquidation of ITE/the Linguistics Institute of Ireland; when same will conclude in view of the fact that the liquidation process has taken almost two years; the reason for the delay in liquidating this company, which had no operational debts; if all legal issues relating to ITE have been...

Ferns Report: Statements. (9 Nov 2005)

John Gormley: I thank Mr. Justice Murphy and his team for a very thorough report. The Ferns Report engenders both revulsion and deep anger in the reader. As I read some of these graphic accounts I have to confess I wanted to inflict serious injury on some of the perpetrators of this abuse. In particular, when one reads the accounts of the activities of Fr. Fortune, one is lost for words. The only way I can...

Road Safety: Motion (Resumed). (9 Nov 2005)

John Gormley: On 11 October last I asked the Tánaiste why two years on from a promise given by the then Minister for Transport, Deputy Brennan, random breath testing had not been introduced. In her reply the Tánaiste said "there are complex reasons for the difficulties in this matter". The current Minister for Transport, Deputy Cullen, added "There are constitutional issues to consider". Since then he...