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Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (26 Sep 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 773: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the exclusion of many parents of Irish born children, who have long-term residency rights from the chance to qualify for higher education grants; and if she will ensure that people are not turned down on grounds of prior study at degree level if the qualification in question is not recognised here. [20593/07]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (26 Sep 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 787: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the introduction of grants or scholarships to assist persons who already have a primary degree undertaking a career in medicine bearing in mind that the high entry level points for medicine have prevented many people with a genuine vocation for medicine from obtaining entry to medicine as their primary degree; and if...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (26 Sep 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 901: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of separated children who arrive here seeking asylum; and if there are special provisions in place within the asylum process to ensure that fair hearings are given to children who might not be in a position to present their case effectively. [19996/07]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (26 Sep 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 1007: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are new procedures being introduced which will apply to the establishment of trusts under wills, in order to comply with the Third Directive on Money Laundering; the new procedures required; his assessment of the compliance cost on the part of the person seeking to establish trusts for minor children, relatives...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Sep 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 1134: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the upper limit for the grant to adapt a home to accommodate a person with a disability was last increased; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a bedroom and bathroom extension in Dublin would cost at least twice the maximum limit for this grant; and if he will undertake a review of...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (26 Sep 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 1204: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to companies making unsolicited approaches, via text selling services which automatically bill the customer even if they do not accept; if he has satisfied himself that Irish or EU legislation is sufficiently robust to prevent consumer rip-off by these operations; and if he...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (26 Sep 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 1205: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the companies that were awarded a mineral oil tax relief licence for the production of biodiesel under scheme one (2005); the amount of biodiesel each company had produced at each of the six month reviews; and the way this compared with the amount for which they were licensed. [20608/07]

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Richard Bruton: Standards in public matter a great deal to this House. One of our core jobs is to uphold standards with regard to people who take high office. We must ask at what stage do we believe an office holder crosses the threshold and state this person is no longer fit for office. Is it when an office holder accepts huge sums without any documentary evidence of the source of those sums even though...

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Richard Bruton: Would the Minister, Deputy O'Dea, accept donations of huge sums and have no documentary record?

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Richard Bruton: Would he fail to co-operate with the tribunal and believe that he should continue to remain in the high office which he holds? I believe he would not. He is happy to defend and abuse the tribunal but is not happy with those standards.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Richard Bruton: We must uphold standards in this House and that is why I back this motion 100%. We must set out standards that we expect——

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Richard Bruton: This issue goes back to the root case we are putting to the public. There are allegations out there of wrongdoing.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Richard Bruton: These are allegations that the tribunal has always forensically pursued by following the money trail. Those approaches that have been adopted by the tribunal are tried and tested and they have been used frequently in other investigations. The onus is on people to produce credible explanations of where huge unexplained sums arrive in their accounts. That is the onus that has to be...

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Richard Bruton: ——to set aside the public office he holds and deal with these issues in the tribunal. That would allow the Government to be led by someone in whom the public can have full trust.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Richard Bruton: The Tánaiste should read the rest of the transcript.

Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (5 Jul 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the nationwide audit of sports facilities will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19303/07]

Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (5 Jul 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will have early talks with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Assembly to explore the potential for all island co-ordination in the development of the horse and greyhound racing sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19304/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (5 Jul 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the estimated extra man hours needed to implement the 37 hour week for nurses has been calculated; the details of the plan to implement same; if she has decided on an implementation date; the cost of the plan; and the number of people who will need to be recruited. [19409/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Acquired Infections: Hospital Acquired Infections (5 Jul 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that certain hospitals (details supplied) refuse to publish data on MRSA cases as there is no agreed basis for measuring; and if she will take steps to ensure all hospitals publish data in accordance with a suitable system of measurement as established by her. [19410/07]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (5 Jul 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 305 of 26 June 2007, if she will direct the Health Service Executive to make contact with all persons who have recently been refused or who are on reduced subventions in order that people will receive their rights; and if she will make the 15% cap retrospective to cover payments at least to the date...