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Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2006)

Paudge Connolly: There are people who are highly addicted to this type of gaming. If limits are increased a hundred-fold, does that mean the shop will take the next step and bump limits up again? There is a culture of operating in an illegal manner. It could be viewed that this House is effectively stating that it will legalise what we know certain businesses have been doing illegally for a number of...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (3 Oct 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 284: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to reduce the incidence of tax avoidance in view of more than 25 of the highest earners having had no tax liability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30803/06]

Written Answers — Estimates for Public Services: Estimates for Public Services (3 Oct 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 286: To ask the Minister for Finance the spending constraints within which the 2007 Estimates are being formulated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31046/06]

Written Answers — Equal Opportunities Employment: Equal Opportunities Employment (3 Oct 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 287: To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria for persons with disabilities for seeking employment opportunities within his Department; the application procedures that apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31047/06]

Written Answers — Equal Opportunities Employment: Equal Opportunities Employment (3 Oct 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and percentage of disabled persons currently employed in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31048/06]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (3 Oct 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has for legislation requiring all retail outlets for meat products to clearly label their products with country of origin of the products in the interests of traceability and public health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30495/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Oct 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason that physiotherapy services are being terminated at Our Lady Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30503/06]

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Oct 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients treated in 2005 under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; the number of persons from Counties Cavan and Monaghan respectively who were treated under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30504/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (3 Oct 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to provide a compensation for psychiatric nurses assaulted at work as recommended by a Government appointed task force and as discussed by her Department, the Health Service Executive employers agency and the trade unions in May 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30824/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 Oct 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that all hospitals are complying with the requirement that elective admissions be in an 80:20 public private ratio basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30825/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 Oct 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the effects that the ban on recruitment by the Health Service Executive is having on service delivery in the five hospitals across the HSE north east region; her views on the fact that lives are being placed at risk by the failure to replace over 130 medical staff, including physiotherapists, pharmacists, radiographers and over 100...

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Oct 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the psychiatric evaluation and the treatment of psychiatric patients can be provided under the ambit of the National Treatment Purchase Fund, to reduce lengthy waiting lists throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31052/06]

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (3 Oct 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to deal with the increasing level of patients on trolleys awaiting admission to accident and emergency units as winter approaches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31053/06]

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (3 Oct 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 364: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his assessment of the Middle East peace process at present; if he envisages its restoration in the foreseeable future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30811/06]

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (3 Oct 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 367: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of civilian casualties in the recent war in the Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30814/06]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (3 Oct 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 358: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the deteriorating humanitarian crisis on the Catatumbo region in north-eastern Colombia, where many thousands of people are being displaced by increased violence and human rights violations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30804/06]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (3 Oct 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 359: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the continuing military campaign in north Darfur; the prospects for ending the indiscriminate aerial bombardment by government aircraft that serves to exacerbate the humanitarian crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30805/06]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (3 Oct 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 360: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his assessment of the current situation in Kosovo; his views on the prospects for its future autonomy or independence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30806/06]

Written Answers — International Relations: International Relations (3 Oct 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 361: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the state of EU-Zimbabwe relations at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30807/06]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (3 Oct 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 362: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent bloodless coup in Thailand; the implications of same for that country's democracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30808/06]