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Written Answers — Programme for Government: Programme for Government (27 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 742: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the sections and subsections of the Children's Act 2001 coming under the remit of her Department that have not commenced; and the date for their commencement. [29363/06]

Written Answers — Programme for Government: Programme for Government (27 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 743: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the statutory instruments, including reference numbers signed by her under the Children's Act 2001; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29365/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 773: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the policy in respect of the person who unexpectedly avails of acute hospital services in a region other than their regions of residence and the areas in which that person subsequently wants to access nursing home or rehabilitation services in their home region; the procedures for the transfer of Health Service...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 774: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that recipients of home help in some health board areas are still being required to make private financial contributions directly to home help staff to retain the service; and the plans she has to introduce legislation to end this practice or otherwise ensure that the service is provided as...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Schemes: Social Welfare Schemes (27 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1009: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the growing disincentive for applicants of the financial contribution scheme for senior citizens to avail of the scheme due to the failure to update and raise the disregard threshold for means accruing from this scheme in line with house price inflation; will he immediately address the...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (27 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1085: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 6 December 2005, the steps he will take to advertise, promote or otherwise introduce a public transport service between Ballybrit industrial estate and Galway City centre, in view of the considerable demand for such a service from workers in the estate. [28733/06]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (27 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1090: To ask the Minister for Transport the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts coming wholly or partly under the auspices of his Department, or for the commencement of which his Department is wholly or partly responsible, which are not in force and which require the future making of a commencement order; if, in each case, it is intended to make such an order and if so,...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (27 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1091: To ask the Minister for Transport the statutory instruments signed by him to date in 2006. [28832/06]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (27 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1093: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will bring forward legislation to assist the introduction of a HGV permit scheme in Dublin, including creating an offence for the falsification of a permit. [28834/06]

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (27 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1121: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of the official driver theory test books and CD-ROMs sold in each of the years since they went on sale; the amount accruing to the State from the sale of these in each year; and the net per item cost to the State of producing this material. [29865/06]

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (27 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1122: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of rules of the road booklets sold in each of the years this century; the amount accruing to the State from the sale of this booklet in each from 2000 to date in 2006; and the net per item cost to the State of producing this material. [29866/06]

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (27 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1340: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the statutory instruments, including reference numbers signed by her under the Children's Act 2001; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29366/06]

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (27 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1346: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the Sections and sub-Sections of the Children's Act 2001 coming under the remit of her Department that have not commenced; and the date for their commencement. [29455/06]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (27 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1446: To ask the Minister for Defence the reasons for the continued delay in awarding pension increases, including one third of the national wage agreement and 25 per cent of the total benchmarking award, due to Defence Forces retirees as and from 1 December 2005, and as promised in an information booklet issued to them by his Department in 2005; and when these awards will be made....

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (27 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1541: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the rationale for charging consumers an environmental charge on electrical goods in the case of consumers who are not disposing of old goods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29778/06]

Written Answers — Driving Licences: Driving Licences (27 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1565: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish from the national driver file the number of drivers that currently stand as qualified; the procedures in place for relaying this information to the Garda; the precise manner in which this is done; and the frequency of same. [30035/06]

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Transport when and the way in which the controversy over the possible over-grounding of metro north through Ballymun Road in Dublin 9 will be dealt with. [30046/06]

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends to revise the regulation of driver licensing to ensure that drivers may not continually renew their provisional license without taking a driving test. [30049/06]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the basis for determining the basic qualifying criteria for recruitment to the community welfare grade; and the reason those without a leaving certificate but who have acquired valuable life skills and demonstrable high levels of numeracy, literacy and communication are currently excluded under the current recruitment procedure....

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of reported road traffic collisions in respect of a road (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in each of the past five years for which figures are available; the reported road traffic collisions resulting in road death; the reported road traffic collisions resulting in serious injury; the reported road traffic collisions resulting in minor...