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Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (13 Jul 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 25: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied with the service that is provided by the Passport Office; if he will give consideration to a feasibility study to have the passport service privatised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19974/11]

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (13 Jul 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 37: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is any alternative to the practice whereby passport applicants have to queue in the rain or cold for hours to complete their application for a passport; if he will examine this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19975/11]

Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Derek Keating: Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin did that.

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (19 Jul 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 61: To ask the Taoiseach the cost to him of the hiring of public relations companies and external advisors by the previous Governments between the years 1998 and 2011 in tabular form; the persons that initiated these contracts; if they were given out to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21411/11]

Social Welfare Benefits (20 Jul 2011)

Derek Keating: I will be very brief. I know the Minister fully appreciates the value of the role and task of carers, as well as their commitment to helping those most in need of care. Recently I have received a number of complaints from people who are experiencing delays in having their applications for carer's allowance processed. Is the Minister aware of this and does she have any suggestions to make...

Social Welfare Appeals (20 Jul 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of supplementary welfare allowance greater than three months pending an appeal for a social welfare payment; the reasons for the delay; if she has satisfied herself with the manner in which the appeals are being managed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21394/11]

Social Welfare Appeals (20 Jul 2011)

Derek Keating: I did not realise that Question No. 26 was being taken with Question No. 22. These are difficult times and the appeals system is under severe pressure. The Minister said that community welfare officers will be transferring to her Department. Will that require the introduction of legislation? Under the 2005 supplementary welfare legislation, SI 412, a community welfare officer has...

Commission of Investigation Report in the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Derek Keating: Like all Members, I am appalled at the findings of the commission of investigation report into the handling by the church authorities of the abuse of children in the Catholic dioceses of Cloyne. It makes distressing reading. I stand beside and in support of those who have been abused in the dioceses of Cloyne. The dioceses of Cloyne is more than 800 years old, it has 46 parishes and a...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Jul 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants she has received for carer's allowance on a monthly basis for the past six months; the waiting time from application to the awarding of the allowance; if she is satisfied with the time that it is taking for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21395/11]

Written Answers — Telephone Hacking: Telephone Hacking (20 Jul 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 205: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the security arrangements in place for Government Ministers, senior officials in the civil and public sector, the security forces and Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to prevent any occurrence of telephone hacking; if he will reassure the general public and particularly vulnerable citizens in relation...

Written Answers — Telephone Hacking: Telephone Hacking (20 Jul 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of the practice of one British newspaper in hacking telephones of victims of crime or their families, there are any current investigations or complaints, or if his attention has been drawn to any hacking of telephones here; his views regarding same; his further views on the need for legislation to...

Order of Business (Resumed) (21 Jul 2011)

Derek Keating: We will see real hypocrisy now.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (14 Sep 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 600: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to legislate for the regulation and management of standards of undertakers nationally; if he has control over the cost of funerals, the cost of graves and the cost of cremation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23964/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (14 Sep 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 847: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 22 June 2011 and his reply on 30 June 2011, if he will provide this Deputy with the salaries of all chief executive officers and deputy CEOs of the five Dublin academic teaching hospitals, the salaries of CEOs of voluntary hospitals, the salaries of the CEOs of the three hospices in the State in tabular...

International Day of Democracy: Statements (15 Sep 2011)

Derek Keating: When I think of democracy I think of a system of government with four key elements: a political system for choosing and replacing the government through free and fair elections; the active participation of the people, as citizens, in politics and civic life; human rights of all citizens; and a rule of law, in which the laws and procedures apply equally and fairly to all citizens in the common...

Pension Provisions (15 Sep 2011)

Derek Keating: I raise this issue as it is a matter of national importance and of great concern. Some senior civil servants are receiving vast sums of money by way of bonuses, pensions and special lump sums. Perhaps all these packages are tax-free. I raise this on behalf of the many who have been affected adversely by the economic circumstances in which we live. They are suffering as a result of job...

Pension Provisions (15 Sep 2011)

Derek Keating: I thank the Minister. I take some satisfaction from his reply because three things are very clear. First, I am delighted but not surprised to see the Minister is as passionate about this issue as I am and as are many people in Ireland. Second, the Minister sees this as a major issue and, third, we are a Government of reform and we will deal with these unacceptable issues. I thank the...

Pension Provisions (15 Sep 2011)

Derek Keating: Is it possible for the Attorney General to go to the High Court without incurring costs to the State?

Waste Management (15 Sep 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 7: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the control that he has over the imposition of charges by private contractors who are replacing the local authority refuse collection service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24238/11]

Waste Management (15 Sep 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 39: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government in view of the fact that the private refuse contractor (details supplied) has imposed an administrative charge of €60 per household in Dublin, his views that this contravenes his policy of polluter pays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24237/11]