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Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Jul 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average class sizes in each primary school on a county basis here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27051/09]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Jul 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average class size here as at 31 December 2008; the current or projected class size; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27055/09]

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (2 Jul 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which psychological assessment is available to all schools in County Kildare; they way this compares with the rest of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27053/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (2 Jul 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the full requirement of special needs assistants here based on reports from the various school authorities; his plans to meet these requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27054/09]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (2 Jul 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his proposals to address all outstanding accommodation requirements at schools throughout the country and in County Kildare over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27056/09]

Written Answers — Health Service Policy: Health Service Policy (1 Jul 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the primary concern of policy determined by her or the Health Service Executive is of an economic nature rather than the need to address the requirements of patients; if, as would appear from recent statements, there is a tendency to place the greater emphasis on the cost regardless of the need to deliver the full spectrum of...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (1 Jul 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policy recommendations contained in the various reports commissioned by her in the past ten years which are being pursued including the Hanley Report, the Brennan Report and others; if segments or a combination of each or all of these reports constitutes health policy; the cost of each of the reports; if further reports are...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Jul 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an assurance that there are no current plans to reduce the scale, quality or future development of services at Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare; if the Health Service Executive has been given a mandate to determine such policies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26688/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (1 Jul 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied regarding the adequacy of respite care for parents and carers of children and adults with special needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26689/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Jul 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in regard to the future of St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin 6; the extent of negotiations which have taken place with body or bodies expected to have a bearing on the future use of the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26690/09]

Written Answers — Hospital-Acquired Infections: Hospital-Acquired Infections (1 Jul 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of incidents of MRSA, Clostridium difficile or other similar hospital-based infections identified or suspected throughout the health services in each of the past three years to date; the action taken to address this issue; the extent to which the remedial action compares with the situation in best practice jurisdiction...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Jul 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which it is intended to upgrade, improve or replace or extend the facilities there are at the various health centres throughout County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26692/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Jul 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of improvements of the community care and other community based health services in the foreseeable future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26700/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (1 Jul 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if adequate accident and emergency staff are available at all hospitals here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26694/09]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (1 Jul 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff at all levels dedicated to community care throughout the health services in each year from 1996 to date in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26695/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (1 Jul 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital staff at all levels exclusively in the public and private sectors in each year from 1995 to date in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26696/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Jul 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children currently assessed and diagnosed as in need of orthodontic treatment; the number currently receiving treatment; the number deemed not to require treatment; the numbers on waiting lists for treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26697/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (1 Jul 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital beds in the public and private sectors available in each year from 1990 to date in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26698/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (1 Jul 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of the operation of the health service annually at present; the cost of the services in 1992; the comparison between the current cost and those applicable in 1992; the range of services, hospital beds, staffing levels applicable at that time in comparison with the present time; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Jul 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expected impact of budgetary and service reviews currently taking place throughout the health services on a county basis; if her attention has been drawn to the likelihood of the decommissioning of many existing services in the event of the continued pursuit of this policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26701/09]