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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (22 Oct 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 356. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the pyrite remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44432/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (22 Oct 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 385. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to employ additional gardaí; and if members of the Irish Army will be deployed to help gardaí with their duties. [44137/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cochlear Implants (22 Oct 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 558. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated this year for bilateral cochlear implants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44583/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (17 Oct 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review eligibility for rent supplement to include issues such as the need not to participate in anti-social behaviour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43137/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (17 Oct 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 151. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the net effect of the commercial rates revaluation on each local authority; if compensation will be given to local authorities who lose income as a result of the revaluation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43920/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (17 Oct 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for his introduction of an updated child sex offenders Bill; if he will ensure this legislation provides that convicted sex offenders are not able to reside within a certain radius of schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43916/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education Issues (17 Oct 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 190. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeline for publication for the early years strategy which is currently being prepared by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43947/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (17 Oct 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 209. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the delay in opening the 24-bed unit in Blanchardstown hospice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44010/13]

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Terence Flanagan: I welcome the retention of the 9% VAT rate, which helps the labour-intensive tourism and hospitality sectors. The reduction of the VAT rate from 13.5% to 9% has created more than 15,000 jobs, and any extension is important from a tourism point of view in my constituency, where areas such as Howth and Clontarf are tourism-oriented. It has helped employment in the restaurant and hotel...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (16 Oct 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if more special needs assistants are being employed to assist with the increase in the number of children with a disability enrolling in mainstream and special schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43800/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Assessments (16 Oct 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that more educational psychological assessments are available for children to help them access educational supports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43806/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Projects (16 Oct 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to make more of the labour market activation programmes available to person with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43801/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Speeds (16 Oct 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding poor broadband speeds (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43805/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Oct 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to ensure that more persons with disabilities have opportunities to gain employment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43799/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (16 Oct 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 142. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43750/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Oct 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 144. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that the 763 children that have been waiting six months or more for an assessment of need under the Disability Act will be assessed as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43757/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (16 Oct 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 145. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken by his Department to reduce waiting times for children to be assessed by a primary care occupational therapist (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43758/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Oct 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 149. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons with an intellectual disability and or autism have been hit by a number of accumulated cuts over the past five years; his views on the importance of ensuring that those with an intellectual disability and or autism should be supported by the Government, especially during these difficult economic times...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Congregated Settings Report (16 Oct 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 164. To ask the Minister for Health when the recommendations of the Congregated Settings Report, to remove people from congregated, segregated institutions, will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43807/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (16 Oct 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 167. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken by his Department to ensure that the 34,617 persons awaiting speech and language therapy, 6,500 of whom are waiting longer than a year, will receive the services required as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43859/13]