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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Oct 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the roll-out of the national diabetes programme in east Meath; the number of persons who have been treated in Meath for preventable diabetic foot complications in the past five years; the amount of money spent on treating preventable diabetic foot disease in Meath in the past five years; the current levels of...

Written Answers — Railway Stations: Railway Stations (21 Oct 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if there has been an increase in illegal parking in the area surrounding Dunboyne train station since its opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38307/10]

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (21 Oct 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 185: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the registration identity number required for the registration of commercial vehicles; if he will confirm that either a PPS number or a VAT number will be accepted as the revenue registration identity number for registration purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Community Employment Schemes (21 Oct 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: I wish to raise the perceived threat of cuts to community employment schemes and job initiative schemes in Clondalkin in the forthcoming budget. Along with other public representatives I recently attended a meeting in the Clondalkin, Education & Employment Development Services, CEEDS, centre in north Clondalkin. It is based in Áras Rualach. A number of people were present who were...

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: I remember speaking on Second Stage of the Student Support Bill a few years ago, but it seems no progress has been made on it since then. I am sure many Deputies have had people call to their clinics who have not yet been paid their grants. There is a huge backlog of grant applications and the various authorities are stretched in terms of their ability to process them. Has the Tánaiste...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (20 Oct 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress of the Government's working group set up to ensure new buildings will have open-access fibre connections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37798/10]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (20 Oct 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the national broadband scheme; the cost of the scheme to date and the overall expected cost; when the project is set for completion; the maximum and minimum speeds expected for this scheme; the way he is monitoring the speeds that are being achieved; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (19 Oct 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the outstanding waste water treatment works that need to be carried out countrywide; when these works are due to commence and the amount being budgeted for these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37415/10]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Oct 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a totally inadequate podiatry service available to persons suffering with diabetes in South Dublin city and county; that there is an urgent need for the setting up of a local service as part of a National Foot Screen Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Waste Management (19 Oct 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 62: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Heritage and Local Government the position regarding his policy on the planned incinerator at Poolbeg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37671/10]

Waste Management (19 Oct 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Is the Minister suggesting that when his draft statement of waste policy is in place, the Poolbeg incinerator will be affected by it? What advice has the Minister received from his departmental officials on the likely cost to the local authority or the State generally if Covanta were not to proceed? A senior Covanta executive recently said that if the incinerator levies the Minister has...

Waste Management (19 Oct 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: The Minister seems to be suggesting that his new waste policy can stop the incinerator proceeding. Can the Minister confirm that is the case? When does the Minister hope to report the figures, which would be of interest to the taxpayers? If, as the Minister claims, it is not as bad as has been reported, that information should be published as quickly as possible. I do not understand why...

Waste Management (19 Oct 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: There was also a report about the Dublin City Council CPO decision to acquire lands from a various landowners one of which is the Department of Finance. Will the Minister intervene to stop the Department of Finance from giving the land to Dublin City Council?

Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (14 Oct 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the progress that has been made on the national audit of sports facilities and when she plans to publish the report; the reasons for the delay in publishing the audit findings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36692/10]

Written Answers — Arts Promotion: Arts Promotion (14 Oct 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she is willing to establish, initially on a pilot basis, a local arts partnership, similar to the successful local sports partnerships in order to increase participation in arts and culture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36709/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (14 Oct 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the construction of the 120-bed facility for cystic fibrosis patients at St. Vincent's Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36936/10]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Oct 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is not being provided with the necessary physiotherapy treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36929/10]

Written Answers — Business Regulation: Business Regulation (13 Oct 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation his response to the report, Mapping the Golden Circle, published by the research body TASC, which showed that the corporate world here was dominated by a small number of interconnected business persons which the report said posed a serious threat to corporate governance; the action he will take to ensure that corporate...

Written Answers — Credit Availability: Credit Availability (13 Oct 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his response to the quarterly report of the Credit Review Office; if he accepts that there is a significant gap between the official positions of the banks and the experience of small and medium sized companies seeking to access credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36375/10]

Written Answers — EU Meetings: EU Meetings (12 Oct 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the most recent meetings hosted by the Belgian Presidency of the European Union [36092/10]