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Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (16 May 2006)

Brian O'Shea: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of Irish language schemes approved by him since 21 March 2006 under the Official Languages Act 2003; the number of schemes commenced under the Act since that date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18115/06]

National Drugs Strategy. (16 May 2006)

Brian O'Shea: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made by each of the ten regional task forces to date in 2006 in the implementation of their action plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18227/06]

National Drugs Strategy. (16 May 2006)

Brian O'Shea: Does the Minister of State agree that progress to date with the regional drugs task forces has been far too slow? They were established in 2003, and as the Minister of State has mentioned, €5 million was allocated to them for 2006, with the full allocation being €12.2 million. Does this indicate that by the Government's estimate, less than half of the roll-out will have happened by the...

National Drugs Strategy. (16 May 2006)

Brian O'Shea: I do not accept that the urgency required by this matter is being reflected in what the Minister of State is saying. The cocaine market has grown ten-fold in the past four years. Networks have been broken up by the Garda in locations such as Portlaoise, Killarney, Meath, Skerries and Maynooth. It is a very serious scenario. To speak of a plan that will be fully rolled out and operational two...

National Drugs Strategy. (16 May 2006)

Brian O'Shea: I would settle for calm. My problem is the Minister of State is not urgent enough.

National Drugs Strategy. (16 May 2006)

Brian O'Shea: Why is the process so slow in being rolled out?

Departmental Programmes. (16 May 2006)

Brian O'Shea: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to implement the recommendations of the Committee of Public Accounts that objectives, targeted results and funding priority for the RAPID programme should be more precisely documented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18228/06]

Departmental Programmes. (16 May 2006)

Brian O'Shea: Does the Minister agree that the co-ordination of the RAPID programme by his Department is a complete mess? In regard to the recurrent difficulty outlined by officials from his Department to the Committee of Public Accounts in respect of the different expectations as to what the programme should produce, is it the Minister's view that the RAPID programme should provide for the front-loading...

Departmental Programmes. (16 May 2006)

Brian O'Shea: The Minister did not address the statement made by officials from his Department at a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts. Does he believe the purpose of the RAPID programme is to front-load funding for projects within the national development plan or to attract funds for programmes which do not feature in the NDP? Given that this matter was raised by departmental officials at a...

National Drugs Strategy. (16 May 2006)

Brian O'Shea: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to recent comments from the Garda Commissioner at the AGSI conference in Killarney that the drugs trade is no longer confined to cities but has spread to provincial towns; if he has had discussions with the Garda Commissioner or Garda representatives regarding the spread of drugs to the...

National Drugs Strategy. (16 May 2006)

Brian O'Shea: I am rather surprised that the Minister of State was not aware of the statement attributed to the Garda Commissioner and quoted in a national newspaper to the effect that the drugs problem was no longer confined to cities but had spread to provincial towns. In an earlier question I tabled, I provided the Minister of State with statistics showing that, as of last year, the national cocaine...

Social Welfare Code. (11 May 2006)

Brian O'Shea: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the response received to date to his Department's national awareness campaign on family income supplement; his plans for greater co-ordination of information with the Revenue Commissioners to ensure the maximum possible take-up; if his attention has been drawn to a number of drawbacks identified by the St. Vincent de Paul as an...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (11 May 2006)

Brian O'Shea: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made to date with regard to the recommendations contained in the report of the Joint Committee on Social and Family Affairs, The Position of Full-Time Carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17381/06]

Written Answers — Job Sharing: Job Sharing (11 May 2006)

Brian O'Shea: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his proposals to give workers in the private sector the right to job-share; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17748/06]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Investigations: Defence Forces Investigations (9 May 2006)

Brian O'Shea: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has held further meetings with the family of a person (details supplied); if the Gardaí have concluded their examination of his Department's and the Defence Force's files on the matter to determine whether or not they can provide assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17218/06]

Written Answers — National Emergency Plan: National Emergency Plan (9 May 2006)

Brian O'Shea: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Defence if there have been further meetings of the inter-Departmental Working Group on Emergency Planning to prepare for the anticipated arrival of avian flu here; the outcome of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17219/06]

Written Answers — Pre-school Services: Pre-school Services (9 May 2006)

Brian O'Shea: Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to provide funding to the Health Service Executive to introduce hearing screening for all newborn babies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17480/06]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (9 May 2006)

Brian O'Shea: Question 326: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the assistance which will be given to persons (details supplied) in County Waterford in relation to applying for asylum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17058/06]

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (4 May 2006)

Brian O'Shea: Question 37: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the intended timeframe for the implementation of the 10 key actions recommended in the recent report, Invasive Species in Ireland; when he intends to act on key action 1, which the authors of the report have highlighted as being of great urgency, that is to prepare risk assessments and contingency plans for...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (4 May 2006)

Brian O'Shea: Question 89: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to restore the first-time buyer's grant in view of reports that many developers are passing on the cost of local authority development levies directly to house buyers thus inflating the cost of new homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16481/06]