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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Mar 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public beds contracted to private nursing homes within the PCCC north Lee area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10562/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (12 Mar 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a clinical director will be appointed to Mallow General Hospital, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10564/09]

Dairy Sector. (24 Mar 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures and guarantees he received from his recent meeting with Commissioner Fisher Boel on the dairy crisis; his strategy to secure support from his fellow agriculture Ministers in Europe for greater levels of support from the EU Commission to stabilise dairy markets and to speed up their recovery; and if he will make...

Dairy Sector. (24 Mar 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Given that what the Minister has outlined represents a short-term response, will he indicate whether a long-term response has been discussed? I ask this question in the context of the announcement by Dairygold, one of the main processors in Munster, that it has had to reduce milk prices by 17.4 cent per litre in the last 12 months. The price is currently bottoming out at some 20 cent per...

Dairy Sector. (24 Mar 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Why has the Minister entirely ruled out revisiting the Health Check? As he said, we are under quota. In the current global economic environment, the demand for dairy-based products is reducing significantly over time. Has there been any political analysis of how that will pan out? Given our emphasis on milk-based production, there will be serious implications for the agriculture sector if...

Grant Payments. (24 Mar 2009)

Seán Sherlock: In terms of the market for both products and the derivation of by-products from willow and miscanthus, has the Department undertaken a study in regard to market viability? Also, does the Minister of State envisage this scheme to be a long term sustainable scheme, sustainable in the sense of it being maintained as a scheme?

Suckler Cow Welfare Scheme. (24 Mar 2009)

Seán Sherlock: I am concerned that the suckler cow welfare scheme may be abolished or further eroded. That was the basis of my decision to table this question. Over 32,000 beef farmers have participated in the Teagasc training sessions that are required under the scheme. It is vitally important that the scheme be maintained in the first instance. The answer given by the Minister will not reassure the...

Written Answers — Rate Waiver Schemes: Rate Waiver Schemes (24 Mar 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 881: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications made by local authorities to him in each of the past five years for his consent to the making of a scheme under the Local Government (Rates) Act 1970 for the waiver of commercial rates by that authority; the number of consents to such schemes currently in place; the criteria...

Schools Building Projects. (25 Mar 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 26 February 2009, the reasons the contracts could not be signed as was promised; the outstanding details which have yet to be resolved; if the terms and conditions of the contracts will be made known publicly in the interests of transparency and accountability; the duration of the contract...

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (25 Mar 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department is considering a capital assets test for means test purposes with regard to the reintroduction of third level college fees; the reasons for the extended delay within his Department in finalising amendments for the Student Support Bill in view of the fact that it passed second stage nearly nine months ago; if the...

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (26 Mar 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will be taking in order to stabilise the credit institutions covered by the bank guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12317/09]

Hospital Services. (31 Mar 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she intends to close Mallow General Hospital, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12819/09]

Hospital Services. (31 Mar 2009)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the Minister's statement. This is the second time in a short period that the Minister has clarified the situation in respect of Mallow General Hospital. When will the Teamwork report be published? The reconfiguration document was published on 15 January and laid before the regional health forum. The document stated that the only services rotated through Mallow General Hospital...

Hospital Services. (31 Mar 2009)

Seán Sherlock: There are a number of centres of excellence in Mallow General Hospital also.

Hospital Services. (31 Mar 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Does the Minister not acknowledge that a lack of investment in a day procedures unit, which has been mooted for the past ten years, is the reason those statistics are low? If there had been such investment, Mallow General Hospital would be punching even further above its weight than it does as present.

Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (31 Mar 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the proposals for a new food labelling system being finalised by the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12008/09]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (31 Mar 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 396: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a salmon counter has been purchased for the River Boyne; the cost of same; when and where on the River Boyne it will be located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12990/09]

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Apr 2009)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome this opportunity to speak on the Bill. How did we arrive at a stage in the country's development where thousands of people are on local authority waiting lists yet thousands of houses throughout the land are unoccupied? When did we, economically and socially speaking, decide that a house would become a tradeable commodity to be used as an instrument for investment primarily and...

Written Answers — Export Credit Insurance: Export Credit Insurance (1 Apr 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are plans to introduce an export credit insurance scheme in view of the new and enhanced state-backed insurance schemes that have been announced in other parts of Europe including France, Britain, Belgium and Portugal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11999/09]

Written Answers — Business Regulation: Business Regulation (1 Apr 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she plans to introduce a code of practice to prevent retailers from changing contract terms retrospectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11998/09]