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Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (27 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Ireland is currently in receipt of, or has applied for, any joint European support for sustainable investment in city areas funding to invest in sustainable urban development and regeneration projects. [25985/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 275: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any discretion available to her to award the back to education allowance to Irish students accessing postgraduate courses in England, Scotland or Wales; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26132/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to any form of financial assistance similar to the back to education allowance available to Irish students studying in other EU member states and paid for by the Government of that member state; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26133/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 277: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for restricting the payment of the back to education allowance to Irish students studying in Irish universities and excluding any Irish students studying in England, Scotland and Wales. [26135/11]

Written Answers — Mobile Telephony: Mobile Telephony (27 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 322: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of mobile phone masts here. [25987/11]

Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (27 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 350: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to date on advancing the proposed fire station for Bundoran, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26140/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 490: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an explanation for the cancellation of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; if following this cancellation the person has been placed at the end of the waiting list for the required operation; when the person may expect the required operation; his views that such treatment of patients is...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 572: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State to pay for a single resident in full-time residential care at St. John of God Menni Enterprises, Ballyfermot, Dublin. [26357/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 573: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of a person accessing the day care centre per day at St. John of God Menni Enterprises, Ballyfermot, Dublin. [26358/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 574: To ask the Minister for Health the total contributions from the State on an annual basis for the past ten years to St. John of God Menni Enterprises, Ballyfermot, Dublin. [26359/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 575: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of full-time and part-time staff positions funded by the State at St. John of God Menni Enterprises, Ballyfermot, Dublin; and if he will provide a breakdown of the number of staff earning up to €40,000 per year, the number of staff earning between €40,000 and €80,000 per year, the number of staff earning between €80,000...

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (27 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: During the last Dáil, when Fianna Fáil tried to rush legislation through, there were loud protests from both Fine Gael and Labour and rightly so. It is unfortunate that despite all the promises of new politics and parliamentary reform from his party during the general election, the Minister is seeking to rush through this important legislation and this is not good enough. Good legislation...

Written Answers — School Textbooks: School Textbooks (22 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions he has had with the publishers of school text books; and the measures that are being implemented to reduce the cost of books for parents of children attending primary and post primary schools. [25101/11]

Written Answers — School Uniforms: School Uniforms (22 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that are being implemented to reduce the cost of school uniforms; and if proposals to allow parents the opportunity to buy generic uniforms and sew on crests are being implemented. [25102/11]

Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (21 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will reconsider the proposed designation of special areas of conservation in the parish of Cloughaneely, including the island of Toraigh, taking into account the dwindling human population in the area, and in view of the already very strict planning conditions that govern this area. [25318/11]

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Is the Minister of State referring to the Labour Party? The Fine Gael Party definitely knows where it stands but where does the Labour Party stand?

European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: To help to process the legislation more efficiently, will the Minister confirm that he is in a position to accept amendments to the Bill? It is my understanding amendments cannot be tabled because they will not be accepted. Is that the case?

European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: It is probably a unique experience, as Irish legislators, dealing with legislation we cannot amend. While we are having a debate on Committee and Report Stages, it is just for the purposes of going through the motions. I will not delay proceedings, but I would like to ask a question about section 1, to which the Minister referred. It states the European Stability Facility Act 2010 is being...

European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The argument is being presented to us that increasing the guarantee by €5 billion is merely a cosmetic exercise because this is a stepping out country. We have stepped out since 3 December 2010. Could there be a time when Ireland could be called upon to guarantee the €12.5 billion figure in the Bill? The Minister has already spoken about Ireland coming out of the programme and there is...

European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I will speak to the section rather than ask a supplementary question. I do not wish to digress and discuss Anglo Irish Bank bonds. Deputy Donnelly is absolutely correct in his point about burden sharing with bondholders at Anglo Irish Bank. Nobody really swallows figures such as the €100 million mentioned, but that is not what we are dealing with. The Minister knows that my party will be...