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Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Emmet Stagg: It does not matter about the money because the Minister is cutting the hours by 40% in County Kildare. An 80 year old woman was affected by the cuts.

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Emmet Stagg: The home help hours have been cut by 40% in County Kildare. The Minister's Department told me that last week.

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Emmet Stagg: The Minister is misleading the House.

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Emmet Stagg: She has acted deliberately.

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Emmet Stagg: That is not the issue.

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Emmet Stagg: The issue is the number of hours provided for home help.

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Emmet Stagg: The Minister has cut the hours by 40% in County Kildare.

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Given the 40% cut in home help service in County Kildare, I presume the same is true elsewhere, given that acute hospital beds and long-stay beds are being used unnecessarily as a result and given that Department of Health and Children money has been wasted on computers, does the Tánaiste intend to introduce a revised Estimate for her Department and the HSE——

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Emmet Stagg: ——to allow home help service payments to be made?

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Emmet Stagg: The Tánaiste should stand up.

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (12 Oct 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if measures will be brought forward for enabling the rollout of VoIP technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27875/05]

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (12 Oct 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on his policy to boost capacity at Irish ports; the details of these new port initiatives as recently announced; the way in which the proposed new port of Bremore will be incorporated in these proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27894/05]

Order of Business. (12 Oct 2005)

Emmet Stagg: None.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a suitable assessment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27858/05]

Leaders' Questions. (11 Oct 2005)

Emmet Stagg: That is a precedent.

Written Answers — Undocumented Irish Emigrants: Undocumented Irish Emigrants (6 Oct 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made regarding the Kennedy-McCain initiative in the United States to deal with the status of Irish emigrants to the USA over recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26861/05]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (6 Oct 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a report on the Ardclough, County Kildare flood alleviation scheme and a request from Kildare County Council for funding for the implementation of the scheme; if he has made a decision on the request for funding to date; his views on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27242/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 Oct 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Question 225: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a grant will be allocated to Kildare County Council under the local authority playground grants scheme in respect of a children's playground for Kilcock, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27166/05]

Order of Business. (6 Oct 2005)

Emmet Stagg: They are being put at risk.

Order of Business. (6 Oct 2005)

Emmet Stagg: There is wide support on the proposal as it is presented to the House. Before we agree to it I would like an assurance that the Government would ensure that similar and equivalent measures that we are seeking for Irish citizens in America who are on the run would be introduced here for non-nationals in Ireland, including American citizens who are on the run from the authorities because they...