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Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (19 Apr 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs of the 16 social welfare cuts introduced by his predecessor, which have been discontinued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11877/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Apr 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if and when orthodontic treatment has been refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11733/05]

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (19 Apr 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures she proposes to put in place to alleviate the overcrowding in accident and emergency wards in the Mater Hospital, Dublin; the short-term and medium-term proposals in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12226/05]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 Apr 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12227/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Apr 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if respite care will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12228/05]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Apr 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in receipt of the mobility allowance; her plans to increase the number of recipients in the near future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12239/05]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (19 Apr 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 278: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there is communication with other interested parties, for example, the Department of Agriculture and Food and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, as anaerobic digestion-biomass originated electricity impacted on all three Departments; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (19 Apr 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 279: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a lottery is the most appropriate method of awarding contracts for anaerobic digestion-biomass originated electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12184/05]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (19 Apr 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 280: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if consideration will be given to the promotion of anaerobic digestion development using examples of Danish, Austrian, German and Swedish experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12185/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Apr 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 333: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons eligible for free travel; if he is in a position to extend the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12240/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Apr 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 334: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will consider reducing the age for qualification for free schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12241/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (19 Apr 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 330: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the extent to which he has examined the negative impact of sharply increased living costs on widows and widowers; his plans to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12236/05]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (19 Apr 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he intends to improve entitlement to pensions in respect of contributions made by self-employed persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12237/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (19 Apr 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 332: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to reduce the qualifying age for receipt of old age pension, contributory and non-contributory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12238/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Apr 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 335: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons currently on the disability allowance; the number who have been disallowed in the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12242/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Apr 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will consider substantially increasing child benefit as a means of addressing the child care issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12243/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (19 Apr 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he will take to expedite the process of social welfare claims requiring calculation or contributions in more than one jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12244/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (19 Apr 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he intends to improve the living alone allowance payable to certain categories of social welfare recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12245/05]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Apr 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of savings accruing to his Department from the budget 2004; the groups of persons who became the victims of these cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12247/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Apr 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of recipients of family income supplement; the extent to which this number has fluctuated in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12248/05]