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Milk Testing. (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Breen: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to provide for independent milk testing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40469/06]

Hospital Services. (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Breen: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important issue, namely, the Teamwork report for the north east and whether it will be applicable to services in the mid-west, specifically Ennis General Hospital, and the future of 24-hour accident and emergency services. The report to which I refer is entitled Improving Safety and Achieving Better Standards — An Action Plan for...

Written Answers — Alternative Farm Enterprises: Alternative Farm Enterprises (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Breen: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will increase the bio-energy payment from €45 per hectare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40473/06]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Breen: Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a school (details supplied) in County Clare regarding the small schools scheme 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40742/06]

Care of the Elderly. (30 Nov 2006)

Pat Breen: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Adjournment. The lack of provision of funding for day care centres for elderly people is a typical example of the Government being penny wise and pound foolish. For a relatively small outlay of funds, the lives of retired people could be considerably enhanced, especially those living in isolated, rural areas. The particular case I wish to refer to...

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (30 Nov 2006)

Pat Breen: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the role of the new Regional Tourism Development Boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40878/06]

Written Answers — Arts Council Funding: Arts Council Funding (30 Nov 2006)

Pat Breen: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on whether funding for the Arts Council in the Estimates 2007 falls far short of the total demand for grant aid for bursaries, awards, projects and schemes in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40879/06]

Written Answers — State Property: State Property (30 Nov 2006)

Pat Breen: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 10 October 2006 the status on the sale of the site of Quin Garda Station (details supplied) to a voluntary housing association in the village in order that suitable accommodation may be provided for the community's elderly people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40916/06]

Postal Services: Motion (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Breen: I commend Deputy Durkan on bringing this motion before the House. The closure of rural post offices has been before the Government for the past nine years and there is little evidence of any substantial progress in reversing the decline. The figures are startling in that one quarter of post offices have closed since 2000. There are now only 1,365 post offices in the country and just 84 of...

Written Answers — Screening Programmes: Screening Programmes (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Breen: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce a screening programme for haemochromatosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41398/06]

Written Answers — Screening Programmes: Screening Programmes (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Breen: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce a screening programme for diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41397/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Breen: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans there are to establish a neurosurgical national centre of excellence at University College Hospital Galway to complement the existing centres in Cork and Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41164/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Breen: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a bed in the Rehabilitation Centre in Dún Laoghaire; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41176/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Breen: Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding to extend hours in a day care centre (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41338/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Breen: Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated number of fatalities from head injuries that have occurred in each of Counties Clare, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Roscommon and Donegal as a result of prolonged delays in accessing neurosurgical services in either Dublin or Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41555/06]

Written Answers — Communications Masts: Communications Masts (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Breen: Question 344: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the interdepartmental committee on the health effects of electromagnetic fields is expected to report on the potential health effects of mobile phone masts; if, in the context of that report, the recommendation of the Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources in May 2005 that...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Breen: Question 368: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if funding will be provided for the extension of Doonbeg pier in County Clare; when he expects this project to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41582/06]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Breen: Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 436 of 5 July 2006, if a visit has been carried out by her Department to a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41170/06]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Breen: Question 518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Labasheeda and Carrigaholt sewerage schemes in County Clare will be fast tracked in view of the fact that Cooraclare, which had been bundled with those schemes, has been given to go-ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41162/06]

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Breen: Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of a cessation of turf-cutting scheme application form for persons (details supplied) in County Clare; if the contract has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41269/06]