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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (18 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 1553. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of medical card applications for the over 70’s per county, per month that have been refused on income grounds in 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38447/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (18 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 1554. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of medical cards issued for the over 70’s that have been issued following a review of the medical circumstances per month, per county in 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38448/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 1555. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of days taken to review medical information in relation to medical cards, from the date the application was received in 2012 and to date in 2013 per month, per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38449/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 1556. To ask the Minister for Health if there is capacity within the system to allow patients with sudden, serious and life limiting conditions to navigate the medical card application process whereby through their incapacity due to illness, prevents them from having an income and the delays of up to 12 months in processing social welfare applications excludes them from obtaining evidence of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (18 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 1565. To ask the Minister for Health the reason delays in the provision of new wheelchairs and existing wheelchair repairs have escalated to such point that severely mobility impaired children are forced to wait several months, in some cases over a year, without any alternative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38546/13]

Report of the Convention on the Constitution: Statements (18 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the chairperson of the Constitutional Convention, Mr. Tom Arnold, and Mr. Art O'Leary, with whom I have become very familiar over the last number of months. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan and I represent the Technical Group on the convention and we have been fortunate to have been able to attend each of the sessions in their entirety. That continuity has been very useful. I regret...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Information and Communications Technology Issues (18 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is preparing his Department to adapt to and make maximum use of next generation technologies in information and communications to enhance its internal functioning and interaction with citizens; his plans to conduct a risk analysis in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36105/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade and Investment Development (18 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the workings of the Export Trade Council, including the number of meetings it has held, the decisions made, and funding commitments allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36301/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Provision (18 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how the State expects to honour the commitment to allocate 0.7% of gross national income to overseas development aid by 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36317/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Provision (18 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an overseas civilian corps is due to be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36318/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector Regulation (18 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will conduct a comprehensive stress tests of covered institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36300/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Equity Management Agency (18 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the establishment of a national equity management agency modelled on National Asset Management Agency, empowered to raise capital independently and designed to process the bulk of the State's non-performing mortgages to a satisfactory resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36362/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Appointments to State Boards (18 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance the present gender balance of the total members of State boards under the aegis of his Department; if the ratio has changed significantly over the course of the present Government's term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36790/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Procurement Regulations (18 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible for an organisation like the South West Regional Drugs Task Force to become trainers in respect of the momentum scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36132/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology Issues (18 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is preparing his Department to adapt to and make maximum use of next generation technologies in information and communications to better enhance the interaction of his Department with the citizen and the internal functioning of his Department; if he intends to conduct a risk analysis in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Expenditure (18 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 11 June 2013, if he will outline the additional costs that would have been incurred in 2012/13 by each of the institutes of technology, including DIT, if they had not the ability under the Labour Relations Commission document to flex upwards by two lecturing hours above the current norms in each of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (18 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update with respect to any forthcoming changes in funding models for third level institutions; if he expects fees to be charged to students directly or a loan system put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36299/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (18 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide up to date information with respect to the regular use of ICT equipment in schools by teaching staff; his plans to increase the rate of usage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36302/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Students (18 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of international students registered in Irish institutions of higher learning in each of the past five years and to date in 2013. [36303/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update in relation to each of the Programme for Government commitments on school buildings and accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36311/13]