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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (12 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in bringing broadband to rural areas (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7179/13]

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: Who is the clinical lead in the Department or the HSE for lung-related issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: I am sorry to interrupt you, Chairman, but I do not want to make a wrong assumption. Is the committee agreeing that it will send a letter to the Department of Health?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: Can we also include the regional director of operations, or RDO, of Dublin North East with regard to the 13 beds in Beaumont Hospital?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: If one was a patient in a hospital in Cork which does not have access to the drug, could one be referred to Beaumont Hospital where it is administered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: People who are taking Xolair are paying for it privately and receiving it through their own medical insurance or their own purse. Is it because of the State that other sufferers are not being treated with the drug?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: Which ones?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: I am sorry to be pedantic but that means that the Department has sanctioned the drug and cleared the finance for it to be delivered through the medical system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: It does not matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: When the Department sanctions a drug, it cannot say it can only be provided in three hospitals and not the other 32.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: Mr. Smith might tell us why. He also mentioned, and I hope I picked this up correctly, that apart from the statistics on male and female adults, a growing number of children are presenting. Why is that so? Is it that there is more screening of children or is there another reason it is occurring in children of which we were not aware previously? This may be a silly question for Mr. Smith...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance (7 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: I concur with Deputy Colreavy in that I had a view about what lung disease was and it was certainly not like what was presented this morning. I thank the delegations for their presentations in this regard. Ms Sharon Cosgrove spoke about the inequality of treatment on a national basis. What is causing that and what needs to be done to rectify it? Also, she stated that certain parts of...

National Lottery Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: It is hard to believe that the national lottery was established in 1987. Through the years it has obviously raised substantial amounts of money for the four main sectors of youth, sports and recreational amenities; health and welfare; arts, culture and national heritage; and, in particular, the Irish language. The Bill will repeal 1986 legislation and establish a new national lottery...

Death of Member: Expressions of Sympathy (6 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: We are here to pay tribute to our friend and colleague Shane and, importantly, to support his family. I first met Shane in the run-up to the 2005 by-election. As we all do during such times he was canvassing seeking support for the upcoming convention. We all wanted somebody new and refreshing and on the night of the convention while all of the other candidates spoke very well Shane spoke...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport (6 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to replace and upgrade the Garda transport fleet; the condition of the fleet when he took office; the provision that was made to upgrade the fleet by the previous administration; if he is satisfied that Garda patrol cars and other vehicles are safe to be used on our roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5654/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (5 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration is to be given to index link the Standard Fund Threshold on the proposed cap to tax relief for pension contributions that deliver on incomes over €60,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5426/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to extending Section 787Q of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 to private sector pension schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5428/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (5 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a family (details supplied) in County Meath will be provided with access to a school bus service for their three young children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5457/13]