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Written Answers — Pigmeat Sector: Pigmeat Sector (27 Sep 2007)

Brian O'Shea: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her proposals to deal with the crisis in the pig industry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21268/07]

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (27 Sep 2007)

Brian O'Shea: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals in regard to simplifying the grammar of the Irish language in order to facilitate students in achieving an earlier spoken confidence in the language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21271/07]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (27 Sep 2007)

Brian O'Shea: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to provide assistance to Gaeltacht national schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21272/07]

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (27 Sep 2007)

Brian O'Shea: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the examiners she has approved under Section 4 of the Legal Practitioners (Qualifications) Act 1929; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21376/07]

Written Answers — Legal Qualifications: Legal Qualifications (27 Sep 2007)

Brian O'Shea: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to repeal Section 3 of the Legal Practitioners (Qualification) Act 1929; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21375/07]

Fee-Paying Schools. (2 Oct 2007)

Brian O'Shea: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the call from the Teachers Union of Ireland for a review of State financial support for fee-paying schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21606/07]

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (2 Oct 2007)

Brian O'Shea: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals she has for reform of the leaving certificate timetable in order to ease pressure on students who have had to take a number of particularly demanding papers in the first few days of the exam; if the proposed changes have been agreed with the schools and the teacher unions; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Oct 2007)

Brian O'Shea: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has to ensure the earliest possible diagnosis of cystic fibrosis in girls (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21445/07]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (2 Oct 2007)

Brian O'Shea: Question 285: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the amount spent by his Department on public service obligation in services in 2006; the services that benefitted; the amount of payment in each case; the number of passengers who availed of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21446/07]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (2 Oct 2007)

Brian O'Shea: Question 286: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the proposals he has to introduce public service obligation on service from Waterford Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21447/07]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (2 Oct 2007)

Brian O'Shea: Question 401: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if remedial teaching in Irish is provided in gaelscoileanna; her proposals in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21640/07]

Written Answers — Organic Farming: Organic Farming (3 Oct 2007)

Brian O'Shea: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the recent Eurostat survey which showed that Ireland has the third lowest area under organic production in the EU; her plans to increase organic output in view of increasing consumer demand in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21796/07]

Ministerial Air Transport Service. (4 Oct 2007)

Brian O'Shea: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Defence the flights made by aircraft in the Ministerial Air Transport Service on 21 September 2007; the destination in each case; the passenger list for each flight; the purpose of each trip; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22106/07]

Ministerial Air Transport Service. (4 Oct 2007)

Brian O'Shea: I thank the Minister for his kind words at the outset and I look forward to working with him. I take it the Minister is saying that the Gulfstream jet was used to carry the Taoiseach and one Minister, and that was all the official transport used to Paris on that particular day. Other Ministers were present in Paris, but I understand they did not use Government transport.

Ministerial Air Transport Service. (4 Oct 2007)

Brian O'Shea: That certainly clarifies the position for me. In that case, reports that the Minister of State, Deputy Dick Roche, used the jet or, indeed, that there was a late flight for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Brian Lenihan are incorrect.

Ministerial Air Transport Service. (4 Oct 2007)

Brian O'Shea: Does the Minister think it was a coincidence that so many Ministers converged on Paris that day, bearing in mind that there was a World Cup rugby match that night? They may not all have used the transport on that day but it seems that people were anxious to get there.

Ministerial Air Transport Service. (4 Oct 2007)

Brian O'Shea: Their presence in Paris might have had the opposite effect.

Ombudsman for the Defence Forces. (4 Oct 2007)

Brian O'Shea: I thank the Minister for that reply. Would he consider it strange that none of the cases in the 2006 report of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces related to bullying, harassment or sexual harassment, and that 21 of the 26 cases related to the issues the Minister mentioned already? It should be noted that these procedures were brought in based on the previous report of the ombudsman. Is it...

Ombudsman for the Defence Forces. (4 Oct 2007)

Brian O'Shea: Have there not been reports that Army personnel prefer going through the informal procedures with complaints of this nature and, for that reason, there are no official accounts of the bullying, harassment and sexual harassment complaints that come through at the informal level? It is difficult for the military authorities or the Department to gain an accurate measure of what comes through...

Ombudsman for the Defence Forces. (4 Oct 2007)

Brian O'Shea: The Minister can interpret it that way. However, it could also be the case that people who go through the formal structures of the Army and then proceed to the ombudsman, which is also a formal structure, have concerns that it can affect their careers or have other negative repercussions. How do we get around that issue?