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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Oct 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on a national advertising campaign to promote greater awareness of social welfare entitlements, similar to the campaign being run by the Revenue Commissioners to promote greater awareness of tax allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31749/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (10 Oct 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on extending the household budget package, including the free travel scheme to polio survivors here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31750/06]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (10 Oct 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide details of all Garda stations which do not have e-mail facilities; and his plans to provide these facilities to all stations. [31720/06]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (10 Oct 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the level of enforcement of the ban on the use of hand-held mobile phones by drivers since the inception of the ban. [32021/06]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (10 Oct 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans for a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if it is still intended to change this into a step-down facility for the elderly; the arrangements which will be made for the existing residents; the works that will be carried out to adapt the centre for the elderly; the time-scale proposed; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (10 Oct 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the definition of at-risk groups in respect of qualification for free influenza vaccinations; the changes to the qualifying criteria for free vaccinations in respect of medical card holders since 2005 and in each case the basis for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31950/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (10 Oct 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to furnish Temple Street Hospital with the computed tomography machine it needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31981/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (10 Oct 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Exchequer returns showing end of year returns will be approximately €2.5 billion more than expected, the percentage of this surplus she expects to be spent on capital spending in the health services. [31982/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 Oct 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding which has been provided in each of the past five years for home-help services; the basis on which this is allocated to each local health office area; the actual amount of funding provided to each LHO area in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the adequacy of the current provision. [32019/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 Oct 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by patients on their discharge from hospital if they have a prescription for medication which may or may not be immediately available; if she will review this policy in respect of medical card holders with a view to arranging for patients to be supplied with two to three...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (10 Oct 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 399: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the role played by the IDA in lobbying for a particular route for the proposed metro north; and his views on the appropriateness or otherwise in such action. [31997/06]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (10 Oct 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 450: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some taxi drivers are refusing to carry customers with children on the basis that they do not have an appropriate child seat-belt or restraint; the circumstances in which taxi drivers must have such seat-belts or restraints; if this varies with the age of the child; the efforts which have been...

Proposed Aer Lingus Takeover. (5 Oct 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question : To ask the Minister for Transport the steps the Government intends to take to protect Aer Lingus from the takeover planned by Ryanair; when his attention was first drawn to the fact that Ryanair was acquiring shares in Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Proposed Aer Lingus Takeover. (5 Oct 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Throughout the debate on the privatisation of Aer Lingus over the past two years, the Labour Party opposed this proposal from the start and suggested that we could find ourselves in precisely the situation in which we find ourselves today. The Minister denied the possibility of that happening. A month ago there were two very strong airlines serving this country, a privately owned airline...

Proposed Aer Lingus Takeover. (5 Oct 2006)

Róisín Shortall: This is a bit rich. I asked the Minister if he thought that a privately owned monopoly was bad for airline services and what he intended doing about preventing that monopoly occurring.

Proposed Aer Lingus Takeover. (5 Oct 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister have any idea how matters will unfold?

Proposed Aer Lingus Takeover. (5 Oct 2006)

Róisín Shortall: But the Minister rubbished people warning him about this happening.

Proposed Aer Lingus Takeover. (5 Oct 2006)

Róisín Shortall: It is worthless.

Proposed Aer Lingus Takeover. (5 Oct 2006)

Róisín Shortall: It is completely worthless.

Proposed Aer Lingus Takeover. (5 Oct 2006)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is the person who destroyed Aer Lingus.