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Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (9 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in processing the application of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 who has applied for leave to remain on humanitarian grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9677/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his policy in regard to the extension of free travel on buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9954/06]

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (9 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to his recent public comments, his plans to require qualified drivers sit a re-test for renewal of their driving licence; the timescale he is working to on this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9813/06]

Written Answers — National Car Test: National Car Test (9 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Question No. 179 of 2 March 2006, in relation to the supervision services contractor engaged by his Department to oversee the NCTS contract, if minimum time allocations are set for each of the three parts of the test; if records are available to show actual time spent on each part; and if he will request an examination of this and...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (9 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Transport his policy in relation to the return or disposal of items confiscated by airport security personnel at boarding checkpoints at the State's airports; the accounting system in place for confiscated items; the retrieval-reclaim procedures in place for confiscated items; if a proceeds fund exists; if so, its value and the way in which it is...

Written Answers — Health Service Schemes: Health Service Schemes (9 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 224: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the statutory basis for the disabled person's top-up grant scheme operated by the Health Service Executive; if he will provide a copy of the qualifying criteria and administrative rules and procedures governing the processing of grant applications to this Deputy and to the Houses of the Oireachtas Library;...

Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (21 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: "2.—Nothing in Section 40 (13) the Air Navigation & Transport (Amendment) Act 1998 shall (i) permit the detention or sale of any aircraft that is not owned by the operator who is liable for the charge or (ii) prejudice any right of a Company to recover any charges, or any part thereof, by action. Any sale...

Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (21 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: There is not much point in repeating comments made on Committee Stage. The Minister of State made these five points on Committee Stage and they all were refuted. He is merely repeating them here again today. There is no point in pursuing it. It is regrettable that the Minister of State has decided not to concede any of these points, not to listen to the industry, who are extremely concerned...

Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (21 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: "2. — Ireland's ratification of the protocol is subject to a reservation in relation to Articles 5, 6 and 9 of Annex IV ("Provisions Relating to the Common Route Charges System") in that Ireland declares that the provisions for the lien or the joint and several liability (under Article 5) and the detention...

Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (21 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 5: In page 5, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: "(a) in section 43(2), by inserting "Nothing in this section shall create a liability on the owner of an aircraft unless that owner was also the operator of the aircraft at the time the charge was incurred, except where the owner is unable to establish that some other person was the operator at that time.",".

Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (21 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I am happy to do that.

Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (21 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I join Deputy Mitchell in thanking the Minister of State and his officials for their work in preparing this legislation and seeing it through the House.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (21 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide a report on the various decentralisation projects relating to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10805/06]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (21 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which she intends to physically pay the early child care supplement to parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10903/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is in order for a €45 charge to be applied to a medical card holder for an eye test in order that they can replace broken glasses; if so, the statutory basis for same; the procedures currently in place between her Department and opticians to ensure that such charges do not fall on the medical...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of grants in respect of top-ups to local authority disabled persons' grants made to applicants from Dublin and in particular from community care areas six and seven of the Health Service Executive northern area in each of the past five years; the average grant paid in each case; and the number of maximum grants...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 292: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the policy in respect of the provision of post-operative physiotherapy for patients suffering from dementia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11101/06]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (21 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 293: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the policy in respect of charges for inpatient services in nursing homes in respect of patients in public nursing homes and patients in contract beds in private nursing homes; the mechanism for levying and collecting these charges in respect of patients who are in receipt of social welfare pensions and those who are adult...

Written Answers — Health Service Inspections: Health Service Inspections (21 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 294: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details of all inspections carried out by the social services inspectorate and other agencies in relation to compliance under legislation, including under the Child Care Act 1991, of a facility (details supplied) in Dublin 9 over the past five years. [11103/06]

Written Answers — Motor Vehicle Registration: Motor Vehicle Registration (21 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 306: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which number plate providers are regulated here; his plans to introduce registration and monitoring of such providers to allow for the greater enforcement of road traffic law and to curb crime. [10064/06]