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Accident and Emergency Services: Motion. (10 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: The Tánaiste has promised to implement her ten-point plan and to consider the recommendations of the HSA. The Government has pledged to support the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform in his efforts to tackle public order offences. He has come up with quite novel ideas about how he will tackle alcohol abuse in society by encouraging people to sit around wooden tables and partake in...

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion. (10 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has also proposed increasing the fine to €300 for anybody who sells chocolate liquors to a child under 16 years of age. These are hardly ground-breaking and effective measures to tackle alcohol abuse. Perhaps the Minister of State will be able to offer some that make more sense when he responds. The only report the Government has...

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion. (10 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: We would be more than happy if the Minister of State would discuss the proposals with us. We would like him to consider the people about whom we are talking, the 1.3 million people who pass through our accident and emergency departments each year and the 3,500 people who the Government keeps saying use accident and emergency departments each day, in whatever proposal with which he comes up. I...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (5 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of bodies or agencies with whom his Department, consultants, advisers or public relation specialists have had discussions in regard to the provision of broadband services throughout the country; the nature or outcome of such discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14537/05]

Telecommunications Services. (5 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of broadband service providers engaged or seeking to engage in the provision of broadband services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14538/05]

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (4 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans her Department has to evaluate the economic implications of the use of genetically modified organisms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13994/05]

Written Answers — Single Payment Scheme: Single Payment Scheme (4 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if deductions from farmers' SFP will not exceed 3% when linear and other cuts are accounted for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13997/05]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (28 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation in Zimbabwe following recent elections in that country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13477/05]

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Every time the issue of institutional child abuse is raised, people respond in the way they always respond to bad news that they cannot control. There is an obvious sense of the pain of the victims of child abuse but sometimes people attempt to ignore institutional child abuse. I have often noticed people switching channels when this issue is discussed on television and radio because they do...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (27 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance if he envisages making any special provision for promotion and for new recruitment in the context of the decentralisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13308/05]

Written Answers — Third Level Education: Third Level Education (26 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the failure rates for first year science courses at universities and institutes of technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12939/05]

Written Answers — Literacy Levels: Literacy Levels (26 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of children who leave primary school with literacy difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12974/05]

Written Answers — Press Releases: Press Releases (19 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has instructed her Department's press office to delay or withhold press releases from opposition spokespersons and their assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11681/05]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (13 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 80: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the new initiatives he intends to take to encourage waste minimisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11043/05]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (13 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 116: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the new initiatives he intends to take to encourage recycling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11044/05]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 135 of 22 March 2005, if she is satisfied that her Department was not involved in the development of the proposal to introduce the over 70s medical card before the decision on its introduction was announced in the Budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11323/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the details of the funding made available by her Department to the Blackrock Hospice, Blackrock, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11327/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the facilities that are in place at the Blackrock Hospice, Blackrock, County Dublin; the facilities and services that are not being utilised or made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11328/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the full potential and facilities in place at the Blackrock Hospice, Blackrock, County Dublin have not been utilised or made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11329/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to ensure that the Blackrock Hospice, Blackrock, County Dublin becomes fully operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11330/05]