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Written Answers — Prisoner Releases: Prisoner Releases (27 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 450: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate the basis used top determine entitlement to early release on whatever grounds, occasional release with or without supervision for specific events, transfer to alternative or open prisons throughout the prison service; if decisions come as a result of application by a particular prisoner, recommendation at whatever...

Written Answers — Prisoner Releases: Prisoner Releases (27 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 474: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate the basis used to determine entitlement to early release on whatever grounds, occasional release with or without supervision for specific events, transfer to alternative or open prisons throughout the prison service, whether decisions came as a result of application by a particular prisoner, recommendations at...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (27 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 458: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for residency in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16501/12]

Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (27 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health if he is entirely satisfied that food labelling and traceability regulations are fully enforced and enforceable throughout each EU member State; if adequate efforts are being made to prevent re-labelling resulting in falsification of origin or failure to comply with EU and national standards; the extent , if any, to which breaches of such...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 594: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has not yet been issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16538/12]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (27 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 656: To ask the Minister for Health if he expects the expert group now examining the issue of the location, scale, quality of the proposed children's hospital is likely to recommend a single or particular locations from which he can then choose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16979/12]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Services: Nursing Home Services (27 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 652: To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which the cost of beds in public nursing homes are calculated; if he will indicate in tabular form the total all in cost of a place; the basis on which this is made up; the scale and quality of the service provided; if all in costs are calculated on the basis only of cost in the particular home or whether a cost in respect of higher...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Services: Nursing Home Services (27 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 653: To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which the cost of beds in private nursing homes is calculated; if a figure is included to cater for profit or higher level administrative cost is included; if any such nursing homes are subject to upward only rent reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16976/12]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Services: Nursing Home Services (27 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 654: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he has compared the standard, quality and scale of service in private and public nursing homes and the dependability of the patients in each in the determination of a comparison on the cost of a bed in both sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16977/12]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Services: Nursing Home Services (27 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 661: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the psychological or medical assessment services are updated in line with demographic change in respect of the needs of older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16984/12]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Services: Nursing Home Services (27 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 655: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of patients in both private and public nursing homes on average over the past five years; the degree to which such numbers have fluctuated in the period in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16978/12]

Written Answers — Research and Development: Research and Development (27 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 657: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which State sponsored and private research cooperate or interacts in respect of research on major health issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16980/12]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 658: To ask the Minister for Health if he has in mind any proposals to reduce the waiting period for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16981/12]

Written Answers — Autism Spectrum Disorders: Autism Spectrum Disorders (27 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 659: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which research is coordinated on an EU basis into such issues as Autism and Aspergers or similar heath matters affecting children; the degree to which levels here compared with other EU Member States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16982/12]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (27 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 660: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which psychiatric services are coordinated on a Europe wide basis; if children's services are compared on any such basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16983/12]

Medical Cards (27 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Health when it is likely that provisions can be put in place to address the difficulty and hardship being caused by delays in the issue of medical cards; if any evaluation has been carried out as to the main factors causing such delays; the number of applications in the system currently pending and in respect of which repeated submissions of information...

Hospitals Building Programme (27 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Health if the expert group currently examining the issue of the location of the proposed new children's hospital will be asked to make a single recommendation for a particular site or if a recommendation for two or more sites is likely to emerge thus leaving the final decision to him; if he intends to carry out a thorough examination of the costs to date...

Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (22 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she has had an opportunity to study the degree to which children and teenagers are bullied by their peers or others on an on-going basis; the extent to which this happens through the internet or mobile phones, social networks or otherwise; the extent to which she can put in place procedures to alert parents,...

Written Answers — Human Trafficking: Human Trafficking (22 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she intends to put in place measures to prevent trafficking in children and child abuse of a mental, physical or sexual nature over the remainder of the current year; the degree to which she has had discussions with various groups in this context; if and when she expects to put in place the necessary...

Written Answers — Child Prostitution: Child Prostitution (22 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which steps are in place or are being put in place to prevent child prostitution; the number of any such incidents reported in the past five years by gender, age and nationality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15763/12]