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Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (6 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will allocate the necessary funding to Kerry County Council to provide a new bridge at Ballinaghar, Lixnaw,County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32234/07]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (6 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve a grant under the summer works scheme 2008 for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33156/07]

Road Safety: Motion. (11 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Up to this morning 316 people had been killed on Irish roads this year, which is shocking. According to the recently published Road Safety Strategy, the 333 road deaths in the year between June 2006 and June 2007 equates to approximately 80 deaths per 1 million of the population. In the UK, this figure is 50 deaths per 1 million. A driver is therefore 60% more likely to be killed on an...

Hospital Services. (11 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: I understand Deputy Ring's frustration and feel it is a disgrace that, with one Minister and four Ministers of State, no representative of the Department of Health and Children could attend this evening to listen to the matters raised on the adjournment by Deputy Ring and me. It makes a farce of the Adjournment debate, though I mean no disrespect to the Minister of State, Deputy Haughey....

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (11 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a technical team will visit a school (details supplied) in County Kerry to enable the design work for a new school to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34017/07]

Written Answers — Arts in Education: Arts in Education (11 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 739: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received the Arts Council report on the arts in education; when she will make it available to the public; her views on its recommendations; when she will commence the process of its implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34181/07]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (11 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 895: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the preferred tenderer for the speed safety cameras will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34015/07]

Programme for Government. (12 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Would the Taoiseach see a role for a greater partnership between the Defence Forces and local communities? For example, gymnasia could be used by communities when the Defence Forces are not using them. Personnel from the Defence Forces, such as physical trainers or educators, could work with teachers from local schools or supervise classes. It would be a practical way of using a national...

Programme for Government. (12 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: I welcome the Taoiseach's overview of the use of facilities, with which I agree. He mentioned how multi-purpose sports facilities could be used by a number of organisations, but will it be Government policy? Will the Taoiseach direct the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he is allocating national lottery funding to give preferential treatment to groups that get together to provide...

Defence Forces Reserve. (12 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Defence the steps that have been taken to implement the recommendation of the Reserve Defence Force Review Implementation Board report, which was accepted by the Government, that the current members of the First Line Reserve of officers and men be reactivated and become involved in training of the RDF and that suitable members on discharge from the...

Defence Forces Reserve. (12 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am sure the Minister is aware that since the reform of the Defence Forces back in the early 1990s a large number of officers have retired and gone into alternative employment. This vast resource is now available to the Minister and with a bit of encouragement and incentive they could become part of the FLR. It was recently reported that there has been an alarming fall-off in the number of...

Defence Forces Reserve. (12 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Will the Minister agree that this group could have a vital role to play in attracting more people back to the RDF? Some of the reasons for the fall-off in numbers include organisational difficulties and the question of the presence of professionals at all times at training camps and other exercises. The importance of attracting this reservoir of talent, as we have both described it, back...

Overseas Missions. (12 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Defence the projected cost of transporting all Irish troops and their equipment, personal and otherwise, to and from Chad over the duration of the participation of the Defence Forces in the forthcoming EU mission there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34559/07]

Overseas Missions. (12 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: A figure of €20 million justifies the call I made to the Minister for Ireland to have its own transport capability. The figure of approximately €50 million has been mentioned in respect of two smaller aircraft with the capacity to transport people to and from Chad. Last year, the Defence Forces acquired six new helicopters built to military spec. Why are they not being taken to Chad?...

Overseas Missions. (12 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: What about sending our helicopters out there?

Overseas Missions. (12 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: That is acceptable.

Overseas Missions. (12 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: What about sending our helicopters?

Overseas Missions. (12 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: May I ask a brief supplementary question?

Overseas Missions. (12 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: It will be short. When not on military missions, could the aeroplanes not be used in the overseas aid programme, which is worth nearly €1 billion? We are spending a large amount of money to transport that aid around the world. Is there not a case for both uses?

Overseas Missions. (12 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am discussing going forward.