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Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (23 May 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to introduce hearing screening for all newborn babies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19303/06]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (23 May 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 377: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the consultation which took place regarding the agreement to grant a right of way to a company (details supplied) through Coillte woodlands at Ballythomas Hill, Gorey, County Wexford pending planning permission to extract stone from a quarry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19304/06]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (23 May 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 378: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the person responsible for agreeing a right of way through Coillte Woodlands at Ballythomas Hill, Gorey, County Wexford to a private developer, to develop a 17.5 hectare stone quarry pending planning permission from Wexford County Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19305/06]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (23 May 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 379: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food in regard to the development at a Coillte woodland at Ballythomas Hill, Gorey, County Wexford the Minister responsible when this decision was made; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that under the Wexford Development Plan 2001 this site and its environs is a designated sensitive area; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (23 May 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status regarding the embargo on non-sibling enrolments from schools (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19307/06]

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (18 May 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her Department's plans to evaluate the economic implications of the use of genetically modified organisms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18799/06]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (18 May 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of Ireland's application for a derogation under the Nitrates Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18802/06]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (17 May 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 273: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a BCG vaccination is mandatory for new teachers when some health board areas have discontinued this practice and when the effectiveness of this vaccine has been questioned; her plans to make this voluntary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18715/06]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion. (16 May 2006)

Liam Twomey: As the health service has demonstrated, spending money is a very poor benchmark of a Government's performance. It is crazy for the Government to use the amount of money it has spent on the health service to prove a point. The way in which Ministers tour the country reminds me of minor celebrities. They are certainly not acting like competent CEOs of Departments. The Government is forcing...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion. (16 May 2006)

Liam Twomey: I met the Minister on numerous occasions and she has not made any meaningful contribution to schools we have asked her to examine. In the same way as the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform must take action, it is time for the Minister to take action on these issues and do what she is expected to do as the CEO of a Department....

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion. (16 May 2006)

Liam Twomey: These Ministers must face up to their responsibilities. Those of us whose children attend school can see that boards of management, parents and teachers do an excellent job. Our children come home and try to use Irish words they have learned in school. These teachers do more to help the Irish language than the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and his legislation requiring...

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (11 May 2006)

Liam Twomey: I will leave that question open to the Minister to answer. I hope we receive the answer sooner because the Minister might not come back to reply for another four or five weeks. I ask the Minister for a reply to this as it is serious. We are prioritising the issue of standards in public and private nursing homes in light of what we heard from Leas Cross. If it transpires that a body...

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (11 May 2006)

Liam Twomey: May I give way to the Minister during my speech to answer some questions on this legislation? The Minister has brought up this 2006 amendment to the Health Bill and has referred to other legislation such as the health repayments scheme, HIQA, eligibility and standards in residential care.

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (11 May 2006)

Liam Twomey: My first question is on the standards in residential care.

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (11 May 2006)

Liam Twomey: It is. I will focus on what the Minister said. He said he is developing a set of standards through the Irish Health Services Accreditation Board. I have been made aware that those standards, as put together by the IHSAB, were received by the Minister last November and that all they require is for the Minister to sign off on them rather than to discuss them in July. I am surprised to read that...

Overseas Missions. (9 May 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Defence the legislative changes which are required to enable Ireland's participation in EU battle groups; when same will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17100/06]

Overseas Missions. (9 May 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Defence the capabilities Ireland can contribute to EU battle groups as outlined to Ireland's Swedish counterparts in Stockholm on 9 and 10 March 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17098/06]

Written Answers — Health Service Projects: Health Service Projects (3 May 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 29 March 2006 if she will provide an update on investigations into a company (details supplied); if procurement procedures were adhered to in awarding contracts to the company; if there are tax issues outstanding with regard to fees paid to the company; and if she will make a...

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

Liam Twomey: Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of elective surgeries that were cancelled in each of the health regions for 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16169/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Apr 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to fast-track the development of neuro-services in Beaumont hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15492/06]