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Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (16 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: Question 388: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who is waiting for payment of their disadvantaged payment; if this will be granted as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23329/07]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (16 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23420/07]

Health Services. (17 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of the €1.5 million in funding allocated for cardiovascular issues, including heart failure and sudden cardiac death, in the Health Service Executive national service plan 2007 that has been spent to date, with a breakdown of these payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23881/07]

Health Services. (17 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I acknowledge that the old regional ambulance service in the Eastern Regional Health Authority was supportive of community first responder schemes that were set up in Wicklow. There were around 30 groups and nearly 500 volunteers. After the establishment of the HSE and the Task Force on Sudden Cardiac Death, however, the scheme nearly collapsed,...

Health Services. (17 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: Could the Minister give a commitment that he will investigate the possibility of supporting these schemes? They do not need money, as this is provided by the communities. They just need training and administrative back-up whereby they can ring someone in the ambulance service if something goes wrong. There are many groups waiting to be trained, including several in Wicklow and Kildare and...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (17 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she has rolled out the community first responder programme in the Health Service Executive areas in which it operates to supplement and improve emergency response times, as outlined in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23880/07]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the funding as promised in correspondence (details supplied) was allocated; if not, when this money will be allocated; if the Health Service Executive will enter into a service level agreement with this body; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24308/07]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (17 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the situation with respect to the proposed decentralisation of the NSAI to Arklow in view of a letter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24134/07]

Written Answers — Deer Population: Deer Population (17 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: Question 307: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of deer in County Wicklow; the percentage being tested for tuberculosis; the measures in place to cull the deer population; if there is correlation between the deer population and cattle herds being infected by TB; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24307/07]

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: My understanding is that the Minister for Foreign Affairs is going to Lisbon later today. Will he use that opportunity to express the concern of this House at the decision of the Turkish Parliament to give the green light to a possible invasion of Iraq?

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: Will the Minister relay that concern? He should threaten them with the Minister, Deputy O'Dea.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: No Ministers with energy.

Passports Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: This is quite a simple Bill that puts in place the administration of passports, as well as offences for the abuse and misuse of such passports. Having listened to the Minister of State and the reference to the births and deaths register, I believe that passports should be compulsory for everybody. It would save many problems for us. We had a big furore last year about the register not...

Passports Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: We do not have them in County Wicklow.

Passports Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: This might also happen at a Labour Party parliamentary party meeting. Could this have an impact? I would hate to think that an Irish person who had travelled to New York for a weekend to play hurling could, while returning, end up in Guantanamo Bay for carrying what was deemed to be a false passport, based on the biometric read-out. I understand the EU legislation will require the inclusion...

Passports Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: It happened to Deputy Kathleen Lynch this morning. I must admit this happened to me one Sunday evening when I discovered my passport had expired. Moreover, I have five young children and one Saturday afternoon a couple of years ago, when in a queue for a flight, we discovered my wife's passport had expired. Naturally she missed the flight but was able to travel later on. I thank the...

Passports Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: North Cork.

Passports Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: I did not say we should forgo our visa free status in the United States. I hope the Minister of State did not misinterpret my remarks.

Passports Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: I mentioned that holders of a biometric passport do not need to sign documentation at an airport. Must holders of the old style passport sign documents at airports?

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: That is a rare occurrence for Deputy Rabbitte.