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Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (30 Nov 2006)

Jack Wall: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department funded programmes for parents with autistic children where the PECS programme was to be applied; the amount of funding dedicated to such programmes; the number of parents that attended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40945/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (30 Nov 2006)

Jack Wall: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding has been withdrawn from support groups who were seeking training for parents of autistic children prior to the children entering or having school placements; if she will reassess such applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40946/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (30 Nov 2006)

Jack Wall: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is considering capital allocation funding for schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40947/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (30 Nov 2006)

Jack Wall: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department provides grants or funding for the provision of occupational therapy equipment for children in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare suffering from autism; the mechanism available to applicants to make applications if such grants are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41067/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (30 Nov 2006)

Jack Wall: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when teachers at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be trained in the PECS concept of teaching; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40948/06]

Sport and Recreational Development. (30 Nov 2006)

Jack Wall: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will expand on his recent comments that a national audit of sporting facilities will be undertaken to provide accurate information on the range, suitability and type of facilities available here ahead of the 2012 London Olympics; when he expects this audit to commence; the person who will oversee the audit; the remit of same;...

Sport and Recreational Development. (30 Nov 2006)

Jack Wall: When the 2012 Olympic Games take place in London, it will be the nearest thing to a home Olympic Games in our lifetime. We should try to obtain as many sporting and tourism benefits as possible from the London Olympics. It is impossible not to be impressed by the list of members of the 2012 task force. The list covers most sports, as well as commercial life. According to the Minister's...

Sport and Recreational Development. (30 Nov 2006)

Jack Wall: Yes.

Lansdowne Road Stadium. (30 Nov 2006)

Jack Wall: I thank the Minister for his reply. He has stated on previous occasions that this is a family dispute, but these have a tendency to drag on longer than anything else within the regulatory system. It will obviously involve this particular project, An Bord Pleanála, etc. Is this not something that should be put to bed as quickly as possible? Perhaps the Minister, through his Department,...

Departmental Funding. (30 Nov 2006)

Jack Wall: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the 2007 Estimate for his Department; the way this money is to be spent by his Department; the projects he will prioritise for funding in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40918/06]

Departmental Funding. (30 Nov 2006)

Jack Wall: I welcome the Minister's detailed response. The 17.5% rise in the Estimate for the Department augers well for the various headings. The reason I tabled this question was that Swim Ireland attended a recent meeting of the Joint Committee on Arts, Sport, Tourism, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. As we all know, this organisation has come through difficult times and the Minister has...

Departmental Funding. (30 Nov 2006)

Jack Wall: I recognise the procedure whereby applications are made to the Sports Council. However, I ask the Minister to look positively on Swim Ireland, an organisation which has been checked out in the various reports etc., carried out. If the Minister looks positively on Swim Ireland, it will result in corporate Ireland looking more favourably on it than at present. Many youngsters are involved in...

Written Answers — State Aid: State Aid (29 Nov 2006)

Jack Wall: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a meeting scheduled for October 2006 was held in which the European Commission's draft of the community guidelines for state aid in the agriculture sector for 2007 to 2013 was discussed; if so, if she will provide a summary of the views therein expressed on the draft guidelines; if the threshold of 30% production loss to trigger...

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (29 Nov 2006)

Jack Wall: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the recommendations of the consumer liaison panel which her Department has implemented; the recommendations of the consumer liaison panel which her Department has not yet implemented but which will be and when they will be implemented; and the recommendations of the consumer liaison panel which will not be implemented. [40534/06]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (29 Nov 2006)

Jack Wall: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a company (details supplied) must supply audited accounts to the Revenue Commissioners in view of the fact that the company has charitable status and are a community based group whose constitution states that it is a non-profit making organisation and the workings of the group are solely to do with improvement of facilities in the area...

Written Answers — Educational Planning: Educational Planning (28 Nov 2006)

Jack Wall: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of new post-primary schools that will be needed in County Kildare to cater for the estimated population growth over the next 10 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40149/06]

Written Answers — Bullying in Schools: Bullying in Schools (28 Nov 2006)

Jack Wall: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her response to More than a Phase, a resource guide for the inclusion of young lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and transgender learners, published by Pobal in October 2006; if she will address the need to ensure that schools, colleges and teachers are addressing the needs of these students effectively and inclusively, and that they...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (28 Nov 2006)

Jack Wall: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the decentralisation of sections of his Department to Athy; if accommodation has been secured in Athy; when the proposed decentralisation will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40104/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Nov 2006)

Jack Wall: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for a hip replacement operation at Tallaght Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40010/06]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Nov 2006)

Jack Wall: Question 379: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a number of farmers in the south Kildare, Carlow, Laois regions have not been awarded the single farm payment in view of the fact that many of those not in receipt of the payment have raised loans and so on to purchase sugar beet contracts and find themselves in financial difficulties due to the payment not being made; the...