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Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (9 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of adolescents on waiting lists for psychiatric services in the Health Service Executive's north-east region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8266/05]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (9 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of adolescents on waiting lists for psychological services in the Health Service Executive's north-east region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8267/05]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (9 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drivers convicted of motoring offences while using mobile phones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8272/05]

School Accommodation. (9 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue for debate on the Adjournment. Urbleshanny national school is located near the growing village of Scotstown in the hinterland of north County Monaghan, which is part of the BMW region. Many planning applications have been lodged for developments in Scotstown and it is likely the population will continue to grow in the future. The baptismal...

School Accommodation. (9 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I am delighted about that.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (9 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this timely and opportune Bill. It will go a long way to crack down on the problem of unfinished housing developments. The Bill is the perfect remedy to the scandal of unfinished housing developments throughout the country. The developers appear totally indifferent to the concerns of residents, they are not put out by them at all. Thankfully, under the...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (8 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 381: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is proposed to open the cross-Border regional autism centre at Middletown, County Armagh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7874/05]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (8 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I, too, support the amendment. As outlined, there is a crisis with the old and I would not blame them for feeling like a burden on society or on their families. When people feel they are a burden on society or on their families, the only thing they want to do is die. I often hear that sentiment expressed. These old people feel they will drain the family finances or will see the family home...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (8 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: For those in receipt of a medical card, one of their most significant fears is that they will lose it, particularly if they are on the cusp of the qualification threshold. Possession of a medical card may also act as a disincentive in taking up employment. When a full medical card is withdrawn from an individual, might some consideration be given to providing him or her with a GP-only card...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (8 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: What is the Minister's view of a proposal to introduce a lesser medical card, so to speak, to provide a soft landing on the withdrawal of a full medical card?

Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (8 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: In the event of withdrawal of a medical card, would the Minister consider issuing the person concerned a doctor only medical card for a specified period to soften the landing?

Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (8 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: A couple with two children earning €290 per week do not qualify for a medical card.

Passport Applications. (8 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if provision will be made for on-line passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7764/05]

Passport Applications. (8 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I thank the Minister for his reply. This initiative will be a welcome change for those applicants who must take a day off work to travel to Dublin and queue outside the Passport Office in the winter months. With regard to passport smart cards, are there any plans to introduce digitally captured biometrics, for example, iris scans or finger prints? Will the system be improved for people in...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (3 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I propose the adjournment of Dáil Éireann under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent public and national concern, namely, the necessity for a multi-phase contingency plan for the management of an influenza pandemic said by the World Health Organisation to be inevitable, the need to prepare to mitigate the direct medical and economic effects of such a pandemic by...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (2 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I referred earlier to it being a case of "a stitch in time", in medical terms, in respect of people visiting their GPs. Those with medical cards can receive treatment at the appropriate time rather than being obliged to do without it. The fear of losing their medical cards is a major disincentive for these people to take up even low paid employment and their relationship with poverty is thus...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill which provides for the introduction of GP-only medical cards as well as providing a basis for levying charges on elderly persons in nursing homes and full-time care. Nobody doubts that the provision of GP-only medical cards, or "yellow pack" cards as they are popularly known, is a step in the right direction. However, the Bill appears to have a...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (2 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I seek the adjournment of Dáil Éireann under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent public and national concern, namely, the necessity to establish a ministry for disability affairs which would represent optimum value for money and maximum efficiency in the coordination of services to the entire disability sector; have responsibility for the drafting and enforcement of...

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (1 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if interest will be applied in the return of moneys illegally taken from elderly nursing home patients over many years with the same vigour as when health boards sought the return of previous superannuation benefits; if the interest will be compounded at 7% p.a. on moneys taken prior to 1 January 1987 and at 6%...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an operation to remove kidney stones will be performed on a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan. [7005/05]