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Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (6 Mar 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the efforts to identify a new site for a school building for a school (detail supplied) in County Dublin; if her Department is considering acquiring any of the sites that were notified to the Office of Public Works following the advertisement it placed seeking sites for the school in 2006; and if she will make...

Capitation Grants: Motion (11 Mar 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: As the Minister knows, I represent the Dublin Mid-West constituency. It is one of the rapidly-growing areas of the country and this will continue as another 25,000 houses are to be built there in the next decade. A large number of new schools have opened in the constituency over the last few years. Last September three new schools opened thanks to the Adamstown SDZ planning scheme which...

Written Answers — Diplomatic Relations: Diplomatic Relations (11 Mar 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position pertaining to Kosovo in the first weeks of its having declared independence; the contact made between Pristina and Dublin in those weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10288/08]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (11 Mar 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on reports of tension and instability in Bosnia and Herzegovina following the recent declaration of independence by Kosovo; the detail of the proposed stabilisation and association agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina and the EU which has been spoken of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10287/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Mar 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the long waiting list for speech and language assessment in north Clondalkin and the fact that it is not possible to assign a speech and language therapist to a centre (details supplied); the steps she will take to end the embargo on staff recruitment due to a Government decision; and if she will...

Written Answers — Shipping Operations: Shipping Operations (11 Mar 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 264: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only about one quarter of the world's fleet of 85,000 commercial ships have registration and flagging arrangements that are inconsistent with article 91 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, yet a disproportionate one half of all ships trading into Irish sea ports and almost all...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (11 Mar 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 503: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has calculated or is aware of the net cost or benefit, as the case may be, in terms of promoting the twin policies of water conservation and waste recycling, of requiring householders to wash and rinse items such as aluminium and steel cans, tetra pak cartons and plastic bottles before...

Order of Business (12 Mar 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: A couple of weeks ago when asked about the legislation needed to bring in the fair deal proposal, which the Minister for Health and Children has in regard to nursing home charges, the Tánaiste said there were constitutional issues. This Bill will involve putting a charge on the family home of a deceased person if he or she had been in a nursing home. If there are constitutional issues is...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (12 Mar 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has reservations regarding Ireland's commitment to the biofuels directive in view of ethical concerns regarding land use for biofuels, particularly in developing countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10578/08]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (12 Mar 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the value for money and policy review on phase one of the MANs programme; when he will decide on the progression of a further phase of MANs; the position in relation to the current status of MANs; the number of towns it has been delivered to; and if he will make a statement on the...

Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: It was reported in a newspaper that the Department intended to introduce new rules to allow for the assessment of persons under the age of 23 years as independent applicants, which is already the case for those over that age. I accept it will be difficult to provide for this because, for example, students from outside Dublin who attend college in the city will have to rent accommodation....

National Monuments. (13 Mar 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: As the Minister is aware, a situation arose today at the location of the Rath Lugh monument where, according to newspaper reports, a young woman has chained her neck to a jack in a tunnel and the fear is that if any attempt is made to remove her from the tunnel it could collapse putting her life in danger. A dangerous situation has arisen at the site. I do not condone people putting their...

National Monuments. (13 Mar 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: There was one question I raised that was not answered.

Written Answers — Cultural Programmes: Cultural Programmes (13 Mar 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on offering departmental support in extending a scheme such as Dublin City Council's passport for leisure scheme nationwide in view of the report, In the Frame or Out of the Picture, by the National Economic and Social Forum which shows that persons over 45 are more likely to attend no arts events at all; and if he will...

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (13 Mar 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the strategic policy development links that exist between his Department and statutory and informal bodies in the area of the arts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10839/08]

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (13 Mar 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has plans to install flood lighting at Ballinacarriga Castle, Dunmanway, County Cork, to light up the exterior of the castle which would greatly enhance the castle at night; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11079/08]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (13 Mar 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the long waiting list for speech and language assessment in north Clondalkin, Dublin 22 and the adverse effect this is having on pupils in national schools in the area with speech and language difficulties and the need to fill the vacancy for a full-time speech and language therapist at a centre...

Written Answers — Suicide Incidence: Suicide Incidence (13 Mar 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of suicides recorded in the Cork and Kerry area in each of the past five years; the number of mental health resource officers dealing specifically with suicide prevention in the Cork and Kerry area; the amount of funding provided to the mental health resource officers in these areas in each of the past five years; and if she...

Written Answers — Foreshore Development: Foreshore Development (13 Mar 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if decisions regarding the future development of the foreshore will be delayed pending review of the foreshore legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11054/08]

Written Answers — Coastal Protection: Coastal Protection (13 Mar 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if Ireland is required to carry out a strategic environmental assessment of the Irish coast under European Union law; the steps she has taken in relation to carrying out such an assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11055/08]