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Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Jim O'Keeffe: I beg to differ.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Jim O'Keeffe: I suggest that we can establish a procedure under Standing Orders——

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Jim O'Keeffe: I have been here a long time——

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Jim O'Keeffe: ——and I have never been disruptive.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Jim O'Keeffe: I am making a reasonable point, a Cheann Comhairle.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Jim O'Keeffe: It has nothing to do with the meeting of the Whips. It has something to do with whether the Tánaiste is genuinely prepared to be accountable to this House.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Jim O'Keeffe: I am talking about the Tánaiste.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Jim O'Keeffe: He is hiding behind Standing Orders because he is not willing to be accountable.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Jim O'Keeffe: He is not willing to explain his position in respect of the Manchester payments because he is ashamed to do so.

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (27 Sep 2006)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 6 July 2006, if the new training strategy for child care workers has been completed; if not, when this will be completed; the names of the stakeholders involved in the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29599/06]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (27 Sep 2006)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question 187 of 5 July 2006, if the new arrangements for City or County Childcare Committees for the collection of data have been put in place by the Office of the Minister for Children; if not, when this will be completed; the updated figures for the number of inquiries the City or County Childcare...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (6 Jul 2006)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which a couple with two children earning approximately €63,400 a year can as suggested in her statement of 26 June 2006 qualify for a general practitioner only medical card and in particular if she will give details of what are taken into consideration as typical outgoings for any such application. [27738/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (6 Jul 2006)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the long promised extension to Bandon Community Hospital, west Cork and if a design team has yet been appointed. [27747/06]

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (6 Jul 2006)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 292: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed in relation to yachts being restricted from berthing at the pier or anchoring in the inner harbour in Castletownbere in West Cork, due to the dredging in the harbour; and if he will ensure that this restriction is relaxed for July and August 2006 in...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 Jul 2006)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 487: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the manner in which single payment entitlements are calculated; and if she will review her decision in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork where an outbreak of BSE in one of the reference years appears to be adversely affecting the level of single payment. [27237/06]

Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (6 Jul 2006)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 488: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the arrangements she proposes to put in place to deal with the future sale or lease of milk quota; when the new regime will apply; the way in which she proposes to protect the interests of small farmers who have their quota leased; the persons with whom she is consulting on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 Jul 2006)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 489: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be approved and awarded the installation aid grant. [27239/06]

Written Answers — Retirement Age: Retirement Age (6 Jul 2006)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 568: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has given due consideration to extending the retirement age for members of An Garda Síochána to 60; if he accepts that such an approach would provide an additional pool of experienced officers at little cost because of deferment of pension costs; and if he now proposes to make this change. [27675/06]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (6 Jul 2006)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 616: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost, additional to normal expenditure of Operation Anvil for the first six months of 2006. [28116/06]

Written Answers — English Language Teaching: English Language Teaching (6 Jul 2006)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 635: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the regulations which apply to the accommodation arrangements for young foreign students coming to and staying in Ireland for and other summer schools; if there is an assessment and registration process for such accommodation; her proposals to up-date same. [28109/06]