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Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (16 May 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the board of the Health Service Executive has invited expressions of interest from private health companies to develop a private hospital on the site of Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; the size of the proposed private site; the location of the proposed private hospital within the current hospital grounds; the...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (16 May 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to introduce a tax exemption for the 150,000 pensioners due to pay a total of €75 million in tax on their SSIA accounts due to the fact that they will not receive the normal tax exemption on savings by the elderly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17839/06]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (16 May 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the findings of a report (details supplied) which shows that households here in the lower decile spend almost 21 per cent of their income on indirect taxes while the households in the top decile spend under 10 per cent of their income on indirect taxes; the measures he intends to take to address this inequity...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (16 May 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a significant number of children have been refused places in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that the cut-off date for enrolment in the school is to be four years of age on or before the 31 of December 2005; if her attention...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 May 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children of nine years of age and under in classes of more than 20 at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18290/06]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 May 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children of nine years of age and under in classes of more than 20 at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18291/06]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 May 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children of nine years of age and under in classes of more than 20 at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18292/06]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 May 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children of nine years of age and under in classes of more than 20 at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18293/06]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 May 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children of nine years of age and under in classes of more than 20 at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18294/06]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 May 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children of nine years of age and under in classes of more than 20 at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18295/06]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 May 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children of nine years of age and under in classes of more than 20 at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18296/06]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 May 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children of nine years of age and under in classes of more than 20 at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18297/06]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 May 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 507: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children of nine years of age and under in classes of more than 20 at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18298/06]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 May 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 508: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children of nine years of age and under in classes of more than 20 at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18299/06]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (16 May 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 552: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15, purchasing a one bedroom flat through Fingal County Council, who wishes to upgrade to two or three bedroom affordable housing accommodation due to the growth in their family size; if his Department has a policy of refusing people who have...

Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 May 2006)

Joan Burton: In general, the Labour Party welcomes this Bill. Institutes of technology, including the Dublin Institute of Technology of which I was a member of staff for a long time, have played an important role in contributing to access to third level education, to the production of very high calibre graduates and, increasingly, to research and the various Government-sponsored initiatives in scientific...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (17 May 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports indicating that migrant workers, from within the European Union, working in the mushroom industry have been paid €2.50 a hour; the steps he proposes to take to ensure that existing employment laws are not abused in view of the fact that these workers appear to be regarded as self...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (17 May 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department will take in view of the consensus between the European Commission, Council and Parliament on the Services Directive in order to ensure that the provisions of the draft directive are transposed into law here with the minimum delay; the timetable for the enactment of such legislation; and if he will...

School Enrolments. (18 May 2006)

Joan Burton: To date, more than 20 children who applied for places next September have been turned away from St. Ciaran's national school in Hartstown, Dublin West, where overcrowding has reached crisis proportions. An excellent school, it appears to have allocated places on the basis of age. Consequently, all children under the age of four years and nine months have been told there are no places for them...

School Enrolments. (18 May 2006)

Joan Burton: All of them live in Hartstown.