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Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (28 Jun 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine when public buses will achieve a 30% bio fuel blend in their vehicles. [18060/07]

Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Jun 2007)

Leo Varadkar: It would have to be redesignated as a non-motorway in that case.

Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Jun 2007)

Leo Varadkar: This is actually my third speech. I am getting in quickly.

Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Jun 2007)

Leo Varadkar: I had a matter on the Adjournment.

Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Jun 2007)

Leo Varadkar: I am finding my way around. I join with other Deputies in congratulating you on your election to the position of Ceann Comhairle and I extend my congratulations to the Minister, Deputy Dempsey, on his appointment as Minister for Transport and the Marine. I have a particular reason for doing that as the Minister shares a constituency border with me. Much of the traffic that is blocking up...

Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Jun 2007)

Leo Varadkar: We would be delighted to send out the jobs and the housing as well because we have enough of both in Dublin West. We will send some of the people too if he wishes. In a previous incarnation, when I was a mere young Fine Gaeler, I gave the then Taoiseach, John Bruton, much abuse for not opening the train line to Navan. I certainly hope the Minister will do that. Obviously everyone in the...

Schools Building Projects. (27 Jun 2007)

Leo Varadkar: I join my colleagues in congratulating Deputy Howlin on his recent election to the position of Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I also thank the office of the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to address this issue tonight. It concerns an emerging crisis in Dublin 15 at both primary and secondary level. I particularly want to discuss the secondary school crisis in Castleknock, a suburb of Dublin with...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Jun 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to fund the development of stroke care units across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17515/07]

Written Answers — Suicide Incidence: Suicide Incidence (27 Jun 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provision she will make for additional funding for suicide prevention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17516/07]

Co-location of Hospitals: Motion (Resumed). (27 Jun 2007)

Leo Varadkar: I congratulate Deputy Mary Harney on her appointment as Minister. Responsibility for health is a difficult job and it is testament to her courage as an individual and her dedication as a politician that she sought the job despite her party's result in the election. I join with party colleagues in expressing my concern about the co-location proposal and my opposition to it, not just on the...

Order of Business (27 Jun 2007)

Leo Varadkar: The Taoiseach should renegotiate those deals.

Written Answers — Programmes for Government: Programmes for Government (26 Jun 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the targets in the finance area in the programme for Government of June 2002 which were not delivered. [17348/07]

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (26 Jun 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to ratify the Hague Convention with regard to adoption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17752/07]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Jun 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding to bring into operation newly built residential units (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17747/07]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Jun 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether general practitioner registrars should be afforded the status of specialist registrars; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17748/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Jun 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 is the only acute general hospital in Dublin that does not afford general practitioners direct access to routine chest x-rays, plain film lung x-rays and ultrasound; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17749/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Jun 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy on general practitioner access to first-line investigations such as chest x-rays and ultrasound in public hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17763/07]

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (26 Jun 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 377: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way he will establish whether aircraft using Shannon Airport, which are owned or contracted by foreign military or intelligence organisations, are doing so as part of a UN mandated operation in view of the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17757/07]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (26 Jun 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 378: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he has taken to reprimand the Government of Sudan for its failure to protect the life and property of people in the Darfur region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17762/07]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (26 Jun 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 618: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is committed to the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17750/07]