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Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Ours at least is for the patients.

Written Answers — Drug Use: Drug Use (26 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the efforts being made to combat rising cocaine use among persons here; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that cocaine is the drug of choice for many younger persons here; if he will launch a nationwide campaign, targeted at schools and colleges, on the dangers of cocaine use; and if he will make a...

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (27 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he will take to address the serious problems of poverty addressed in the recent report of the Combat Poverty Agency, Mapping Poverty: National, Regional and County Patterns, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30944/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will take steps to reinstate the universal entitlement of all children resident here in Ireland to receive the child benefit payment, regardless of the status of the child's parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30936/05]

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Joan Burton: None of them is in Dublin.

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Joan Burton: It contains nothing for Dublin.

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach will be in Dublin 15 on Monday.

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Joan Burton: That was said in the last Dáil.

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Joan Burton: It was.

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Joan Burton: That will not be complete until 2015.

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Joan Burton: They have not delivered new buses in Dublin.

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Joan Burton: When was the Taoiseach last on a bus?

Written Answers — National Consumer Strategy: National Consumer Strategy (2 Nov 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, arising from the report of the Consumer Strategy Group, it is intended to implement the recommendation to introduce standardised statutory codes of practice across all public sector bodies, which the group indicated was the responsibility of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31585/05]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (2 Nov 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date with regard to his consultations regarding the possible establishment of a joint labour committee to protect the interests of domestic workers, especially in view of evidence of exploitation of domestic workers from abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31586/05]

Written Answers — State Property: State Property (2 Nov 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 283: To ask the Minister for Finance the situation in relation to the acquisition by his Department of the old Allied Irish Bank on Main Street, Blanchardstown; if the premises has been sold by his Department; if so, the value realised or are the premises to be used for some other purpose, if so, the purpose of same; and the cost of the acquisition of the premises including all legal...

Written Answers — Departmental Offices: Departmental Offices (2 Nov 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 291: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the plight of civil servants working on the north side of Dublin in locations such as Garda headquarters in Dublin 7 and the Department of Defence, Dublin 9; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that many of the civil servants who are opting for family, personal and work reasons to remain in the...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (2 Nov 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 473: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking in co-operation with gardaí and local authorities to deal with the problem of anti-social behaviour especially that associated with the building of bonfires in the Dublin 15 area; if he has issued any directive to gardaí to support the local authority, Fingal County Council, in the difficulties it...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Accidents: Road Traffic Accidents (2 Nov 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 474: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the estimated time of arrival of gardaí to road traffic accidents in the Dublin 15 and The Ward area of Dublin West; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in the course of an accident occurring at 7.55 p.m. on 14 October 2005 on the N2 at Coolquay, The Ward, it took 55 minutes for gardaí to arrive on the...

Order of Business. (3 Nov 2005)

Joan Burton: Is the fact that Abbotstown is specifically included on the new transport map, although in a rather odd location——

Order of Business. (3 Nov 2005)

Joan Burton: On the Bill, will the Taoiseach, when he comes to Dublin West on Monday, grant land for the hospice?