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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who are recipients of the social welfare payments in the Dublin 15 area for each of the main categories for example unemployment assistance, unemployment benefit, one parent family payment, pension, disability benefit, invalidity and so on for each of the years since the dedicated office in Dublin 15 was...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 237: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide comparative statistics between the Blanchardstown Social Welfare Office and other social welfare offices across Dublin of the increase in claim numbers over the past five years for each of the main categories of social welfare payments for example unemployment assistance, unemployment benefit, one parent...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 238: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has a standard set of client services to indicate the amount of time it takes his Department to process applications for payment for each of the main categories (details supplied); the average period, the shortest period and the longest period to process a claim for payment in each category for Dublin 15...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: The Minister of State probably shares my concerns. The Minister alluded to Dean Swift's involvement in establishing a hospital. It was a private hospital under a charitable structure which reflected the fact that he was a Protestant clergyman. Like the Rotunda Hospital, a number of voluntary hospitals and the religious hospitals founded from the 19th century onwards by various Catholic...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: I thank my colleague, Deputy McManus, for raising this important issue. One of the features that mark out a society is how it treats its poorest members and those in greatest need, particularly in areas such as health. The Government's approach has been characterised by a form of schizophrenia. Fianna Fáil appears to want to take a populist approach in which it emphasises health services...

Written Answers — Educational Projects: Educational Projects (24 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department will publish a primary school data base; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34103/06]

Written Answers — Third Level Education: Third Level Education (24 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will appoint a visitor under the Universities Act 1997 to investigate allegations in relation to financial and operational matters in University College, Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34102/06]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (24 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí allocated to the Dublin west district; the breakdown by rank and area of activity; the number of community Gardaí and the areas to which they are assigned; the number in each area; the equivalent numbers for May 2005; his proposals to appoint additional Gardaí to the area in view of...

Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (24 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount spent since 26 January 2004 on the site at Thornton Hall including expenditure on surveys, tree planting, archaeology and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33896/06]

Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (24 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of contracts for work signed for work to be done at the Thornton Hall site; the number of these projects not completed; the cost of the contracts that have not yet been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33897/06]

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (24 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 291: To ask the Minister for Finance when his Department plans to publish a draft of the National Strategic Reference Framework for consultation; if he will indicate when there will be a debate in Dáil Éireann on this draft and on the Structural Funds Programme for 2007 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33890/06]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (24 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 292: To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals for the Dublin offices that will be vacated in relation to the Governments decentralisation programme; if after they are sold or leased the number of workers in each of the offices will decrease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33891/06]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (24 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 293: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of moving the existing information technology centres out of Dublin under the decentralisation programme; the expected cost of recruiting new IT specialists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33892/06]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 298: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to incentivise the use of E-bikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33940/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 415: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recognition given within the health system here to Tourette syndrome which can affect one in one hundred people and which is a significant disorder which may be linked to other problems such as obsessive compulsive disorders and attention deficit hyper activity, in addition to the more well known symptoms such as involuntary...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (24 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 445: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the benefits that might reasonably be expected to accrue to a least developed country such as Tanzania, which is a priority Irish Aid country, should that country agree to sign up to an economic partnership agreement with the EU, in view of the fact that LDCs already enjoy duty free and quota free access to EU markets; the way these...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (24 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 460: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will confirm reports that Enterprise Ireland has taken out a long-term lease on an office block in East Point; the number of staff this office will cater for; the percentage of the Dublin-based staff of Enterprise Ireland this constitutes; if the Office of Public Works is continuing to progress plans to locate...

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: It did not look after them.

Written Answers — Electricity Sector: Electricity Sector (19 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason there has been a delay in establishing the single electricity market; his views on whether the SEM will go live from November 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33416/06]

Written Answers — Geological Survey: Geological Survey (19 Oct 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will bring forward measures to address the potential increased incidence of landslide activity here as detailed in the Geological Survey of Ireland's new report, Landslides in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33417/06]