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Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (3 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the maximum grant available for pre-school support; the number of hours required to qualify for the maximum grant; if additional funding is available to children with special needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15968/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (3 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will broaden the guidelines under which funding is granted for equipment for those students with special needs; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the guidelines are excluding a number of students who could use this assistance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15993/06]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made on the building application of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this school has had an accommodation crisis for four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16308/06]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (4 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 21: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of European Directives for which he is responsible and which have been transposed into Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16620/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (4 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 27: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the €6 million in extra funding for sports, cultural and community facilities announced recently by him will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16619/06]

Order of Business. (9 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: We will need to have statements on the matter sooner than that.

Written Answers — National Emergency Plan: National Emergency Plan (9 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Defence the number and type of exercises carried out by the office of emergency planning, since its inception; if a report on same has been published; if it is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17116/06]

Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (9 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 205: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the medical criteria for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concession scheme 1994; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who do not have the full use of either one or both legs or a limb are ineligible under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16842/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (9 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18 will be provided with the educational service that they need while attending a national school; the reason it has not been provided to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17340/06]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (9 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider the position of a person (details supplied) in County Cork as set out by County Clare Vocational Educational Committee regarding their eligibility to apply for a grant to City of Cork Vocational Educational Committee for the academic year 2006-2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17399/06]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (10 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 19: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the criteria in relation to the receipt of a medical card to Irish citizens who live in the UK and who wish to return here to take up residency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17569/06]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (10 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has given consideration to retrospectively extending the grant for installing environmentally friendly heating systems in homes, particularly in view of the fact that many of those who installed systems were pioneers of the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17590/06]

Written Answers — Prison Service Examinations: Prison Service Examinations (10 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 354 of 6 April 2006, if he will investigate the situation in relation to the exam taken on the 10 September 2005 by Prison Officers for promotion; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that problems in relation to some of the exam papers from the morning session were brought to...

Written Answers — Natural Heritage Areas: Natural Heritage Areas (10 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 107: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedure to have a piece of property listed for protection where the property is an esker with extremely old trees on it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17589/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals. : Social Welfare Appeals. (11 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to improve the transparency of the decision making process regarding the awarding of claims by deciding officers and the appeals process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17685/06]

Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage. (16 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: I welcome the Bill. It is long-awaited legislation, the aim of which is to transfer the responsibility for the management of Ireland's institutes of technology from the Department of Education and Science to the Higher Education Authority. Along with the Minister I congratulate all involved in the institutes of technology and, previously, the regional technical colleges in how far they have...

Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage. (16 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: This is too long, a view supported in the OECD report. Life in the institutes of technology moves quickly and they must be responsive to change. That pace will only increase as our industry links and research and development capabilities increase, as I hope they will. There is a need for flexibility to be able to cope with these changes and to ensure we have people with the skills and talents...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion. (16 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: I thank my colleague, Deputy O'Sullivan, and all the Labour Party and Fine Gael Party Members, for tabling this joint motion. Members are constantly told that Ireland is one of the most successful countries in the world today. They are informed that it has outperformed the vast majority of our neighbours within the European Union. Day after day, the Government asserts that our State is the...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion. (16 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: They do not have a choice. There is nowhere else to go.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion. (16 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: They do not have a choice. What choice have people in Dublin 15? Some 8,000 new homes have been built in the past nine years. The parents of 200 children, who are due to begin junior infants classes next September, have been told there is no place available at the local primary schools. Such schools have been on departmental building and expansion lists for years. Even a small amount of...