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Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I rest my case.

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Why did the Government replace Mr. Shaw?

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Perhaps the Minister could set it up.

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I saw the Deputy in Dundrum on Sunday.

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I saw Deputy O'Connor in Dundrum on Sunday. I am beginning to worry.

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Do the Deputy's constituents know he has left Tallaght?

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if candidates for posts in the VEC sector, who claim relevant qualification for any given post, are subject to having their qualifications examined or scrutinised prior to appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32792/05]

Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 275: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow has received a bill from a pharmacy. [32846/05]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 435: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received a figure from the National Roads Authority for the expected final cost of completing the primary route improvement programme set out in the national development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32418/05]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 436: To ask the Minister for Transport if 80% of the primary routes improvement programme will be completed by the end of 2006; if not, the level he anticipates will be completed by that date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32419/05]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 437: To ask the Minister for Transport if he received a report from the National Roads Authority on the future management of road improvement works; if so, the actions he has taken on foot of this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32420/05]

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 456: To ask the Minister for Transport the consultancies which were employed by his Department in assisting with the formation of the Transport 21 plan; the work carried out by each; the amounts paid to each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32967/05]

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 457: To ask the Minister for Transport the consideration which was given in the drawing up of the Transport 21 strategy to improving cross-Border road and rail links; the initiatives contained in the strategy to facilitate this; the start and completion dates for such projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32968/05]

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 458: To ask the Minister for Transport if any of the consultancies involved in the drawing up of Transport 21 examined cross-Border road and rail linkages and the future needs of the Border and north-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32969/05]

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount allocated by his Department to consultancy firms working on the development of the Garda fixed charge processing system in each year from 2002 to 2005 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32434/05]

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. This time last year, Fine Gael used its Private Members' time for much the same reason. I refer to the relentless upward curve in the number of road traffic accidents, the increase in the number of people killed, particularly young drivers and their passengers and the growth in the number of serious accidents. We tend to pay less attention to the injuries than to...

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: The Government has been in office for eight years.

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Deaths per thousand of population is the key statistic.

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting: —that 323 persons have been killed on our roads in the first ten months of 2005; —the number of persons killed or seriously injured on our roads in the first ten months of 2005, is now higher than for the same period in 2004; —that the number of fatalities last month was almost double that for October 2004; —that the Government is failing to...

Physical Education Facilities. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants available to primary schools to purchase physical education equipment; the moneys allocated under any such grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32702/05]