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Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (5 Apr 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the status of commercial rates in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown local authority area, which are set at the valuation date of 30 September 2005, when property rental values were much higher than in the current economic climate, a situation which is placing undue financial pressure on ratepayers; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Apr 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 438: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to provide adequate resources for stroke patients; if there is provision of a stroke unit for Dún Laoghaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6930/11]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way children presenting with low incident special needs will receive adequate and set down resources if the appointment of resource teachers is frozen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6933/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (13 Apr 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the excess profit margins made by publishers here on school books in view of the fact that many publishers are cutting costs by printing school text books in China and other low cost countries and in view of the fact that his Department is paying for these books through funding assistance provided to schools....

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (3 May 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider including road tax in the price of fuel in order to ensure that those who drive more pay more and bearing in mind the environmental benefits and the opportunity for better use of Garda time by removing the need to check tax discs and oversee the prosecution of those not in possession of same; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (3 May 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 544: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will ensure that a service of speech and language therapy will be provided for children with autism when they attend mainstream primary schools to bring them in line with the service children with autism receive when they attend special schools. [9678/11]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (3 May 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 551: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider lowering the age of women to be included in the national breast screening programme. [9024/11]

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (3 May 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 552: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider adding ulcerative colitis to the list of illness covered under the long-term illness scheme. [9025/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 May 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 573: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a protocol exists whereby stroke patients must be taken by ambulance to St Colmcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, County Dublin, if it is the nearest hospital, despite the fact that it has no thrombolysis service and that a 24-hour seven-day thrombolysis service operates in nearby St Vincent's University Hospital; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Rights of Way: Rights of Way (26 May 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the implementation of provisions of the Land and Conveyancing (Law Reform) Act 2009 in respect of the registration of rights of way; if he intends to make any changes to the provisions in view of the expense of registering such rights; if he intends to extend the deadline for registration of such rights; and if...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (7 Jun 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed extension of the breast cancer screening programme to women aged 65-69 years, as committed to in the programme for Government, will be rolled out on a nationwide basis or on an incremental basis across the various regions. [14206/11]

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Remuneration: Financial Institutions Remuneration (30 Jun 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his investigation into the practise of purchasing company cars for management personnel in credit institutions which are in receipt of State funding, as part of his review of pay and conditions in such institutions. [18120/11]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (30 Jun 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate the possibility of increasing the fine to be imposed on credit institution employees found to have committed the offence of mismanagement of that institution, by failing to run the institution according to sound administrative and accounting principals, as per Regulations 16 and 33 of the European Communities (Licensing and...

Written Answers — Medical Internships: Medical Internships (30 Jun 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the internship for junior doctors to two years as per the requirement in the UK where junior doctors must work foundation years one and two before completing their internship, in order to help combat the shortage of junior doctors here [18119/11]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (7 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will increase the length of time in which the offence of mismanagement of a credit union can be investigated, which currently stands at two years from the date on which the offence was committed. [19337/11]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (7 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the withdrawal of a special needs assistant in respect of a child (details supplied) in view of the exceptional circumstances of the case. [19271/11]

Written Answers — Food Safety Standards: Food Safety Standards (7 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to ban unpasteurised milk; if he will consider the option of regulating the industry in place of an outright ban and if he will consider holding a public consultation on the matter. [19240/11]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update regarding the amount of revenue realised since the exemption from benefit-in-kind tax for employer-provided child care was abolished by the last Government; if he will consider overturning the decision to abolish the exemption in view of the fact that attempts are being made to encourage persons back into the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (21 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 493: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the Housing Act to specifically name domestic violence as anti-social behaviour in order that local authorities can exclude and evict perpetrators when they present a risk to their immediate family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22544/11]

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (21 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 494: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will include domestic violence as one of the factors used to assess a person as homeless under the Housing Act, in view of the fact that the current situation disadvantages victims of domestic violence who are forced to flee their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22545/11]