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Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (26 Sep 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of staffing grant aid for a childcare centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19776/07]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Sep 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be made available to an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19862/07]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Sep 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a grant will be approved to an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry to provide an occupational therapist for people with intellectual disabilities as the Health Service Executive does not have a remit for this essential service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19863/07]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Sep 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans her Department has to provide residential and respite services for people with Downs syndrome in Kerry as the service providers cannot meet the demand due to the inadequate levels of funding from the Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20564/07]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Sep 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 381: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the necessary funding to the Health Service Executive to put in place a team of therapists for adults with Downs syndrome to include speech therapist, psychologist, physiotherapist, social worker, dietician, behavioural therapist and clinical nurse specialist, as these services are not available to the majority of...

Written Answers — Performing Arts: Performing Arts (26 Sep 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 556: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if in view of the fact that the establishment of a third-level Irish academy of the performing arts was transferred from the Department of Education and Science to his Department in 2003, he will now progress the development of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20563/07]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Sep 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 690: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a minimum of five hours resource teaching per week is granted automatically to every child with Down's syndrome in mainstream primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19861/07]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (26 Sep 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 1035: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will address the two GSRMA proposals towards bringing closure to their pensionability issue in view of the fact that the number of members and widows involved pre 1982 are aged and fast dwindling and in respect of pre 1993 retirees who have been precluded from the pensionability of unsocial hours allowances where...

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Deputy Mansergh should withdraw that.

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: It is obvious that before Aer Lingus made this decision which has no commercial basis whatsoever, it had full consultation with the Government and was given clearance from the Minister and from the Government. The mid-west region is one of the most dynamic in this country and in Europe. One of the main drivers of that dynamism is the Shannon-Heathrow link which has been in place for many...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (27 Sep 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the anticipated start up date of BreastCheck in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21191/07]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (27 Sep 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the refurbishment or improved accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21349/07]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (27 Sep 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 180: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the grant scheme for the provision of community playgrounds made available to local authorities in 2005 and 2006 will be available in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21190/07]

Health Services: Motion. (2 Oct 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: A woman contacted me today out of concern for her husband who is waiting for an operation for cancer. He is aged 32 and was first diagnosed in 2002. Unfortunately, the cancer returned last February. He waited until May for radiation treatment, but this did not shrink the tumours, and he has been waiting since then for surgery with no date given. That is outlandish and should not happen....

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (2 Oct 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date regarding the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry to replace the present inadequate premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21820/07]

Tackling Crime: Statements (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: I congratulate the Minister on his appointment. From the first time I heard him speak in the Dáil, I recognised him as a capable and competent individual. I compliment and congratulate Deputy Charles Flanagan on his appointment as Fine Gael spokesperson on justice. He continues a long and strong tradition in the party. Having listened to the debate, I acknowledge Deputy Flanagan's...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (3 Oct 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Defence the rates of Defence Forces pensions as they apply to a Class A PRSI contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22095/07]

Defence Forces Personnel. (4 Oct 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of doctors provided for in the new organisation of the Defence Forces introduced on foot of the White Paper on Defence; the number of doctors serving in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22102/07]

Defence Forces Personnel. (4 Oct 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: I thank the Minister for welcoming Deputy O'Shea and myself here today. Yesterday, Deputy Charles Flanagan gave a commitment to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, and I will certainly be as constructive and positive as I can concerning defence issues over the lifetime of this Dáil. I welcome the Minister's reply, but how many Irish nationals joined the Army medical corps in...

Defence Forces Personnel. (4 Oct 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Were they Irish?