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Written Answers — Capital Projects: Capital Projects (15 Nov 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 642: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number and value of State capital project contracts awarded to companies registered outside the State in the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively; if he will provide details in respect of the number and value of State capital project contracts awarded to companies registered in the Ireland in the years 2009,...

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (15 Nov 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 658: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will list and provide details of all of the available funding streams for community-based tourism initiatives supported by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34580/11]

Written Answers — Capital Projects: Capital Projects (15 Nov 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 660: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details in relation to the number and value of State capital project contracts awarded to companies registered outside the State in the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively; if he will provide details in respect of the number and value of State capital project contracts awarded to companies registered in...

Stroke Services (15 Nov 2011)

Gerald Nash: I doubt there is a family in Ireland that has not experienced the affliction of stroke. Strokes, as the Minister of State knows, can vary from relatively mild occurrences from which people can and do make full recoveries to devastating attacks which greatly impair the quality of life of patients and their carers. Once, we viewed strokes almost as an act of God. There was nothing we could...

Stroke Services (15 Nov 2011)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister of State for her comprehensive reply. She has acknowledged some of the developments that have taken place not only with regard to additional resources for stroke, but also the changes in attitude towards stroke and stroke prevention and other interventions. The fact remains that an extra €4.2 million was allocated to stroke services in 2011 service plan. There was an...

Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (8 Nov 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends, following the recommendation of the Irish Economic Forum 2011, to appoint a Minister with specific responsibility for relationships with Asia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33481/11]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (8 Nov 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works is aware of the persistent flooding threat posed in Northlands, Bettystown, County Meath; if the OPW has recently visited the site; if the OPW will outline the way it intends to deal in a comprehensive fashion with flooding in the estate; if it will indicate a timeframe within which any such...

Written Answers — Oireachtas Committee Inquiry: Oireachtas Committee Inquiry (8 Nov 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 539: To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the defeat of the proposed 30th amendment of the Constitution, he will now commit to undertaking an inquiry into the Michael Shine cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33165/11]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (2 Nov 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the implementation of further measures announced in budget 2010 with respect to the treatment of non-residents for tax purposes; the revenue that has been raised from these measures to date; the amount of revenue he expects these measures to yield ; the number of non-residents for tax purposes that these measures have...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Oct 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's plans to make alternative arrangements for non-GMS patients who are no longer facilitated for referrals at the HSE phlebotomy facility in the Laurence Centre, Drogheda, County Louth, from the 17 October, 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31678/11]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (20 Oct 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 128: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if and when he will introduce a climate Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30609/11]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (20 Oct 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 129: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will commit to introducing a carbon budget to Dáil Éireann this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30610/11]

Report by the Interdepartmental Working Group on Mortgage Arrears: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2011)

Gerald Nash: Upon publication six days ago I was prepared to give the Keane report and its measures a broad welcome. One week on and following a significant amount of media comment in recent days my position has not changed. The report could have benefited greatly from formal input at review group membership level from housing agencies, academics and people who have proven to be innovators in the area...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are ever any extenuating circumstances whereby a back to work allowance can be extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29481/11]

Waste Management (18 Oct 2011)

Gerald Nash: I am pleased to have the opportunity to discuss this issue in the Chamber and pleased that the Minster of State, Deputy Fergus O'Dowd, who is our local Deputy and has considerable experience of the issue, is in a position to respond on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Hogan. The operation of the waste management system has many deficits. However, the most yawning gap is the complete and utter...

Waste Management (18 Oct 2011)

Gerald Nash: The north-east waste management strategy, with incineration as its focus, was rejected by local authorities across the region, specifically Louth County Council, but it was imposed by the then Minister, Mr. Noel Dempsey. From start to finish, the process was an anti-democratic stitch-up, with a predetermined outcome which flew in the face of any semblance of local community intervention or...

Waste Management (18 Oct 2011)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd, for his personal interest in this matter as a constituency colleague with a track record in the area. He has correctly pointed out that the Environmental Protection Agency has an enormous responsibility with regard to this facility, the testing of the ash and the classification as to whether it is hazardous or non-hazardous. I attended a meeting...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (12 Oct 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it envisaged that a voluntary redundancy scheme will be introduced at FÁS in the context of the reorganisation of the body under SOLAS. [28997/11]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (12 Oct 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make provision for the working group established to advise him on the new human rights and equality commission to receive submissions from the public and from civil society organisations and non-governmental organisations; the timeframe for the conclusion of the work of the group; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (12 Oct 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a request from the Health Service Executive for additional financial resources to address the overcrowding problem at our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28995/11]