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Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (6 Mar 2007)

Willie Penrose: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason, as indicated in his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 31 January 2007, the remuneration of the State Chief Science Adviser is not publicly disclosed; if it is normal practice to keep the remuneration of public servants confidential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8335/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2007)

Willie Penrose: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff currently employed by each agency under the vote of his Department; the number of staff as of 31 December in each year from 2002 to 2006; the number of staff expected to retire during each of 2007, 2008 and 2009 and the number of these staff in each grade presently; the recruitment plans of each agency...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (6 Mar 2007)

Willie Penrose: Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm having received an application for citizenship from a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath in 2000; the reason same has not been finalised to date; if he will further confirm having received an application for a family reunification visa from the person; if he will take steps to...

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (6 Mar 2007)

Willie Penrose: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance if in the context of his recent announcement for the promotion of tourism activities by way of tax incentives on the River Shannon, he will take steps to consider the area, on the lake shore at Inny Bay, down as far as Lanesboro, which has been omitted from the proposal; if in this context he will ensure that same is included in the proposal for...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (6 Mar 2007)

Willie Penrose: Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if people who have been in long stay mental health treatment units have been requested, to pay in a retrospective fashion charges, which have been imposed on them since July 2005; if she will take steps to only enforce same from a current date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8260/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Mar 2007)

Willie Penrose: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted to one of the major hospitals to have an angiogram carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8395/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (6 Mar 2007)

Willie Penrose: Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to ensure that a consultant physician will be appointed to the Regional Hospital Mullingar in order to bring the complement of physicians up to the original number of three; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this position has not been filled for the past year; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Health Repayment Scheme: Health Repayment Scheme (6 Mar 2007)

Willie Penrose: Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the precise number of medical card holders who stayed in private nursing homes, who are now suing the State to recover the aforesaid fees due to the failure of the State to provide them with a long stay bed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8868/07]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (6 Mar 2007)

Willie Penrose: Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will pay for speech therapy and occupational therapy for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath, which has been set up to cater for autistic children, which is having significant success and, in the absence of funding from her Department, has to continue to raise €130,000 per annum to continue the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Mar 2007)

Willie Penrose: Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath immediately admitted to the dialysis unit at Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore; if she will ensure that this person will receive their treatment at the Tullamore Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8950/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Mar 2007)

Willie Penrose: Question 382: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the Workman's Compensation Act 1934 was repealed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8245/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Mar 2007)

Willie Penrose: Question 387: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the respite care grant is available to a person who is in receipt of an old age pension and is looking after an elderly person who is immobile and suffers from invalidity; if this old age pensioner, who has no other income, will be entitled to the new 50% allowance as and from September 2007 when it is introduced; and if he...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (6 Mar 2007)

Willie Penrose: Question 394: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of women aged 70 years and over who do not have independent means, property or pension; if he is satisfied himself that every effort is being made to provide resources for this cohort of people. [8631/07]

Written Answers — Farm Inspections: Farm Inspections (6 Mar 2007)

Willie Penrose: Question 431: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will take steps to reduce the complex, bureaucratic and oppressive inspection regime, that her Department has put in place, which incorporates a document consisting of 66 pages covering 1,450 different questions, sections and permutations and requires her Department's inspector's signature in 28 different places; if same will...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (6 Mar 2007)

Willie Penrose: Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for additional and ancillary accommodation by a primary school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; her views on whether same is required in view of the increased numbers and in view of the significant extra curricular work, which is undertaken by the teachers and board of management of the school;...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (6 Mar 2007)

Willie Penrose: Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the significantly high pupil teacher ratio at a primary school (detail supplied) in County Longford; if in this context she will allocate additional teaching staff to deal with this issue as the number of students clearly warrants such appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (6 Mar 2007)

Willie Penrose: Question 507: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that there is adequate resources such as footwear, uniforms and clothing in general available to Reserve Defence Force personnel throughout the country, in order to enable them to undertake necessary training, duties and other tasks; if there is a requirement to allocate additional resources, if he will take steps to ensure...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (7 Mar 2007)

Willie Penrose: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to her reply to a previous parliamentary question, if she will take steps to expedite the payment of capital funding and other funding to a community organisation (details supplied) in County Westmeath as provision of these facilities in this area is important; the steps she will take to have same progressed and a grant...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (7 Mar 2007)

Willie Penrose: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of the Bus Éireann fleet serving the midlands area that are wheelchair accessible and are capable of facilitating people with disabilities who wish to travel by such transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8994/07]

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (7 Mar 2007)

Willie Penrose: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will review the scheme for early retirement from farming; if she will take steps to deem all applications received by her Department for participation in the scheme as joint ownership rather than joint management, and thereby accept the recommendation of the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food, to include all past...