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Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (29 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if consideration has been given to licensing sativex for sufferers of multiple sclerosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27707/10]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (29 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 349: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the visa applications of the family of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27737/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (29 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 429: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the Employee PRSI take from each county for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27733/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (29 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 430: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the Employer PRSI take from each county for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27734/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (29 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 431: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total expenditure in 2009 on jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance; if he will provide a breakdown of same on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27735/10]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (29 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 489: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations requiring supermarkets and department stores above specified size to provide public toilets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27706/10]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (29 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 575: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if any schools in Dublin 15 have classrooms that are not currently in use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27708/10]

Social Welfare Appeals (29 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average time it took to process social welfare appeals in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27931/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (24 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will explain the decision of the Health Service Executive to cease respite support for an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27281/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if, further to parliamentary Questions Nos. 14 and 15 of 9 June 2010, in respect of the 53 fixed term contracts due to expire over the period to end 2012, the overseas office to which those positions relate; the location of the six posts for which sanction has been received; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 40 of 9 June 2010, those 24 posts referred to in his answer relate to the 53 requested posts by Enterprise Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25872/10]

Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation the decision he has made on each of the recommendations of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programme report relevant to his Department such as creating a single funding stream for all science, technology and innovation activities across all Departments, the discontinuation of funding for the...

Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Minister for his reply and I look forward - assuming it will still be my responsibility to do so after tomorrow - to examining the table to which he refers in great detail. I would not agree with every proposal contained in the an bord snip nua report but I and my party agree with many of them. For some time I have been critical of the fact that the Government commissions...

Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: That was the question which I asked.

Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I would like to hear what is happening in respect of the recommendations that have been refused.

Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I am confused by the Minister's answer. If memory serves, the legislation to which he refers is the Competition (Amendment) Act 2010, which was recently passed by the Houses and which allows the Minister to appoint, on a temporary basis, some members of the authority. The consumer and competition Bill, the purpose of which will be to merge the Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority...

Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I welcome the Minister of State's reply. It is reasonable to say that given the profile of the State-sponsored bodies and agencies under the aegis of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation none of them are appropriate for privatisation as they are not commercial entities in any real sense. I was curious to ask this question for many reasons. It is not that long ago that the...

Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I would like him to respond to my question.

Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: No, it is not. That is rubbish.

Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I again ask the Minister of State the question the Minister asked of Fine Gael in regard to NewEra. Is it not inappropriate to privatise VHI at this time given the current state of the capital markets and how much does the Minister hope to raise from this sale? That is the question posed to Fine Gael in respect of NewEra. I would like now to hear the Minister's answer in regard to the...