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Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (13 Oct 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance the provision in new public works contracts for the use of mediation to resolve disputes prior to use of arbitration with a view to saving considerable sums in legal fees and other related expenditure and to more readily facilitate the resolution of such disputes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35483/09]

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (13 Oct 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the agreement reached by the joint working group established under Part V of the Agreement on Mutual Co-operation Concerning Adoption between Ireland and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam with regard to the provision of technical assistance to implement the agreement regarding adoption matters; the nature of the technical assistance...

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (13 Oct 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of meetings held by the joint working group pursuant to chapter five of the Agreement on Mutual Co-operation Concerning Adoption between Ireland the Socialist Republic of Vietnam pursuant to the bilateral agreement made in Hanoi on 23 September 2003; the location of each such meeting held and the dates on which each such...

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (13 Oct 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the form of humanitarian financial support agreed to be provided by authorised organisations licensed under the agreement on mutual co-operation concerning adoption between Ireland and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam made on 23 September 2003 for child-care centres in Vietnam and the sum of money authorised as payable during the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (13 Oct 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 397: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide the funding required by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Council for the re-development of a complex (details supplied) in Dublin 14; the position with regard to an application made to his Department by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Council for the required funding; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (13 Oct 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on requests from Gaelscoileanna in south Dublin for the purchase by his Department of the former boys vocational school in Dundrum to provide a Gael Choláiste to meet the post-primary school needs of the many pupils who have attended Gaelscoileanna in the area; if no decision in this regard has been made, the projected...

Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (13 Oct 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made to date by the panel appointed to examine statements received from religious orders and congregations with regard to their assets and financial resources and any background material received to explain or verify same; and when the report expected from this group will be published. [35619/09]

Order of Business (14 Oct 2009)

Alan Shatter: I congratulate the Ceann Comhairle on his appointment. A report on cystic fibrosis was published yesterday by the HSE which confirms the scandalous failure of the Government and the HSE to provide the essential facilities necessary for those who suffer from CF. Will that report be debated in the House? Will the Taoiseach confirm or clarify whether it is correct that the report was...

Order of Business (14 Oct 2009)

Alan Shatter: There has been a total failure to provide-----

Order of Business (14 Oct 2009)

Alan Shatter: -----and a plethora of reports highlighting this fact.

Order of Business (14 Oct 2009)

Alan Shatter: Hear, hear.

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (20 Oct 2009)

Alan Shatter: Like previous speakers, I want to extend my condolences to Brian, Jacqueline, Garrett, Amanda and the rest of the family. Nuala Fennell and myself had a very long association. Our lives crossed in unexpected and strange ways. I first met Nuala when I was a young law student in the early 1970s. I was involved in the Free Legal Advice Centres. At that time Nuala was a journalist writing...

Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (20 Oct 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 632: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are substantial difficulties evident in Dublin Institute of Technology since the start of the 2009-10 academic year; the steps he will take to address these difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37405/09]

Written Answers — Inquiry into Child Abuse: Inquiry into Child Abuse (20 Oct 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the offers made to date of an additional contribution by way of reparation which has been received by the Exchequer from all or any of the 18 religious orders and congregations who signed the 2002 indemnity agreement with regard to compensation payable to victims of institutional abuse; and his views on the progress made since the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Oct 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 625: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that of the 15 classes provided by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 14, 12 are housed in prefabs and some of the prefabs have been in place since the 1970s; and if he will sanction the construction of the permanent new school due to the fact that the school received planning...

Written Answers — Public Sector Staff: Public Sector Staff (3 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance the guidelines that exist regarding the procedure applicable to the dismissal of a public servant or a chief executive or an employee of a State of semi-State body; the circumstances stated in such guidelines in which it is said to be appropriate to effect such dismissal; the financial arrangements applicable to same; if he will furnish a copy of...

Written Answers — Public Sector Staff: Public Sector Staff (3 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the guidelines that exist regarding the procedure applicable to the early retirement of a public servant or a chief executive or an employee of a State or semi-State body; the circumstances stated in such guidelines in which it is said to be appropriate to effect such early retirement; the financial arrangements applicable to same; if he will...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (3 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 350: To ask the Minister for Finance the address of properties rented by the State for the use of each Department, State or semi-State agency; the date of commencement of the lease of each such property; the square meterage or square footage of such property; the number of persons working in each such property; the rent payable in respect of each such property; the date from which...

Health Services. (4 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: On that basis it will be another ten years until we see the legislation.

Inter-Country Adoptions. (4 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the contacts made with the Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam in the course of his visit to Ireland on 22 and 23 October 2009 to discuss the conclusion of a new bilateral agreement between Ireland and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam with regard to inter-country adoptions; the position and the progress made during the course of such...