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Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (16 Sep 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 461: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a draft agreement with Vietnam has been submitted to the Vietnamese authorities to allow adoptions to recommence with Vietnam. [31255/09]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (16 Sep 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 462: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding both the interim agreement with Vietnam and the draft new agreement with Vietnam to allow adoptions to resume with that country; the number of families awaiting adoptions that have been delayed due to the issues with these agreements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31256/09]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (16 Sep 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 463: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the outcome of the Minister of State's trip to Vietnam to resolve issues arising from the adoption process between both countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31257/09]

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Regulation: Nursing Homes Regulation (16 Sep 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 505: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a nursing home resident is liable for the Health Information and Quality Authority licensing fee of €190 per designated place; if a person on nursing home subvention or discretionary payment from the Health Service Executive is liable for the fee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31613/09]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (16 Sep 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 616: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has applied for family reunification in respect of their five children. [30577/09]

Written Answers — Prison Staff: Prison Staff (16 Sep 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 717: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm if there is to be an exemption on the embargo on recruitment to the Prison Service in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31207/09]

Written Answers — Equality Policy: Equality Policy (16 Sep 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 741: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the review of the equality for women measure has been completed; if funding will soon be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31390/09]

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Tom Hayes: I welcome this opportunity to discuss the Bill. Where politicians are concerned, nothing has taken up as much space on the airwaves or column inches in the print media as pay. Every Deputy wants to be open and fair. The main issue is the lack of understanding on the part of the public and the media about how politicians accrue expenses. Deputy Barrett illustrated the issue of pensions...

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Tom Hayes: Some have two and others have three; that is the reality. The offices may not be open full-time but people come to them in these difficult times with various problems that must be solved. I set up an office here when I started in Leinster House. I needed this office but, because of the demands on Members, I had to open offices in my constituency to serve people. Their cost must be...

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Tom Hayes: We might see it in the newspapers over the weekend.

Written Answers — Sustainable Transport: Sustainable Transport (9 Jul 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding allocated specifically to meet objectives and targets in the sustainable travel and cycling documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28558/09]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (9 Jul 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the additional FÁS courses and post leaving certificate courses that have been organised in south Tipperary in order to handle the huge increase of people who are unemployed in the area. [29370/09]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (9 Jul 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the length of time employers have to wait to receive their rebate of payment of statutory redundancy; the maximum waiting time for payment; the number of staff that are allocated to this task; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29381/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (9 Jul 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of taskforces that have been created by her Department in the past five years; the recommendations of the taskforce created in the aftermath of the announcement of a company (details supplied) to close; and if she will make a statement on her Department's attempts to organise EU funding for the...

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (9 Jul 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the agreement between his Department and the Financial Regulator on the high costs to consumers of opting out of fixed-rate mortgages; if a final decision has been made regarding these payments; if the Financial Regulator has finished consulting with the various banking institutions on this matter; the steps he will take on same; and if he will...

Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (9 Jul 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to ensure that gardaí, social workers, Health Service Executive staff and education staff are working together in terms of child protection; the person whose responsibility it is to deal with child protection issues; the service that people should go to in order to highlight any specific concerns that they may...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Accidents: Road Traffic Accidents (9 Jul 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the policy measures he will take to tackle the problem of boy racers in rural areas here; if he has taken into account the high level of fatal road accidents in rural areas and the impact of speeding in these accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29368/09]

Written Answers — Security of the Elderly: Security of the Elderly (9 Jul 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 607: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to reintroduce the community alert scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29382/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (9 Jul 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 717: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on introducing a small business rate relief scheme similar to the one that has been introduced in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29383/09]

Written Answers — Local Authority Status: Local Authority Status (9 Jul 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 722: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received an application from Newbridge Town Council, County Kildare, to change the status of that council; and when he will make a decision regarding same. [28834/09]