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Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2011)

Dominic Hannigan: Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health the Departments he is working with to create employment opportunities for persons with mental health difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27795/11]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2011)

Dominic Hannigan: Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health the point at which the plans to close inadequate psychiatric hospitals and provide community based accommodation in its place; if there is a departmental timeline that is being followed to implement the transfer of service users to the new accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27794/11]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2011)

Dominic Hannigan: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health the number of rehabilitation and recovery teams currently in place here to support persons with a mental health problem to enable them to live independently in the community; the plans there are to increase this number as older psychiatric wards close; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27796/11]

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

Dominic Hannigan: Hear, hear.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the previous speaker for sharing her time with me so generously. I welcome the opportunity to speak tonight on this Private Members' motion. I support the amendment tabled by the Minister for Defence. I know from my own county the importance of the role played by the Defence Forces when they are called upon to help in times of need. The barracks of Gormanston is in County Meath....

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

Dominic Hannigan: There seems to be a collective amnesia not just among older Deputies but among new Deputies as well about exactly what Fianna Fáil did in the previous Government. It is as if they have joined a different party. One Deputy said last night that he carries no torch for the previous Administration.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

Dominic Hannigan: I remind Fianna Fáil Deputies, old and new, that since 1998 ten barracks have been closed by Fianna Fáil. I also remind them that in the budget of 2009 they voted for the closure of four barracks in places such as Monaghan, Lifford, Longford and Letterkenny. In the motion before us tonight Fianna Fáil confirms that as a result of previous consolidation and investment no further closure...

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

Dominic Hannigan: That is not what the previous Minister for Defence, Mr. Tony Killeen, said one year ago last week. He said that any properties that are considered surplus to military requirements will be disposed of. A year later in October 2011 Fianna Fáil is condemning the Minister's refusal to rule out the closure of any Army barracks throughout the country regardless of their integral role in the...

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

Dominic Hannigan: Members of the Opposition proposed this motion to try to embarrass the Government but they have really ended up embarrassing themselves because the motion is cynical and is creating unnecessary fears among local communities.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

Dominic Hannigan: It does nothing to support the Defence Forces. It is the type of politics that will not get us out of the problems we are in.

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

Dominic Hannigan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important Bill. Over the last 11 years, the country has seen a significant improvement in road safety. There are several reasons for this development. First, our road transport network has dramatically improved and new motorways and bypasses have significantly improved our accident rates. Second, this Government and the previous Administration...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Oct 2011)

Dominic Hannigan: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a reduction in the VAT rate of personal protective equipment to encourage more persons to avail of such equipment; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in the UK the VAT rate on such items is 0%; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that motorcyclists account for 1 to 2% of our road users but 12% of all...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (4 Oct 2011)

Dominic Hannigan: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the tendering process undergone by FÁS for the barber training pilot scheme; where the scheme was advertised; the number of responses received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27114/11]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (4 Oct 2011)

Dominic Hannigan: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name of the organisation that FÁS has been dealing with in relation to the barber training pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27115/11]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (4 Oct 2011)

Dominic Hannigan: Question 224: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial arrangements between FÁS and the barber training pilot scheme, including the cost of the scheme; the length of the training and the projected numbers of persons to be trained and a projected average cost per trainee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27116/11]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (4 Oct 2011)

Dominic Hannigan: Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans there are to allow additional training providers to tender for future barber training contracts with SOLAS or FÁS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27117/11]

Written Answers — Scientific and Technological Fund: Scientific and Technological Fund (4 Oct 2011)

Dominic Hannigan: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the broadband contract for schools under the National Centre for Technology in Education is currently being advertised; the differences between the new tender and the previously awarded contract; if increased speeds at each school will be a priority for the new tender; if improved call out and repair times to each school will be a...

Written Answers — Energy Efficiency: Energy Efficiency (4 Oct 2011)

Dominic Hannigan: Question 391: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons who have been approved for work on the warmer homes scheme since 1 January 2010; if he will provide a breakdown of the approved work to be carried out in the homes approved, in tabular form and by each particular piece of work as identified as available through the scheme; the number of...

Written Answers — Energy Efficiency: Energy Efficiency (4 Oct 2011)

Dominic Hannigan: Question 392: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a person (details supplied) can expect to have the work completed under the warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27019/11]

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (4 Oct 2011)

Dominic Hannigan: Question 427: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans in relation to the proposal from the Law Reform Commission that an audit exemption should be granted to not-for-profit organisations involved in community development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27112/11]