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Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Feb 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason post operative care here would be denied in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who travelled abroad to have surgery to avoid the long waiting period for the same surgery here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5573/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Feb 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an appointment for a cochlear implant at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5574/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Feb 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Cork receives speech and language therapy going forward in view of the fact that the service he was availing of has been shut down; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6069/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Feb 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a speech and language service operating in County Cork has been shut down, affecting 197 children; the locations to which the families of these children will go to continue availing of speech and language therapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6070/09]

Written Answers — Housing Projects: Housing Projects (17 Feb 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 378: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application in respect of funding for a housing project (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5598/09]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (17 Feb 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 381: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of food waste that is disposed of to landfill on an annual basis with a breakdown of same per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5682/09]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (17 Feb 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 434: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when villages (details supplied) in County Cork will receive broadband under the national broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6071/09]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (17 Feb 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 435: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if roll-out of broadband under the national broadband scheme has commenced in view of the fact that a contractor has been appointed to deliver the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6072/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (17 Feb 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will expedite an application by a school (details supplied) in County Cork for works under the capital works programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5625/09]

Irish Economy: Motion (17 Feb 2009)

Seán Sherlock: I was raised with the notion that the taxation system should be progressive, based on equity and one's ability to pay. This is not a pension levy; it is a levy on income. It is completely and utterly contrary to any canons of taxation and to the republican — I use that in the widest sense of the word — ideals to which we subscribe in this great little liberal democracy of ours. I wish...

Constitutional Amendments. (17 Feb 2009)

Seán Sherlock: I understand the Government Chief Whip stated he expects such legislation could be drafted within the next fortnight. Is that still a realistic prospect?

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (12 Feb 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his response and that of the EU to the position in Sri Lanka; and the assistance Ireland has offered in terms of mediation between the government there and the Tamil movement. [5194/09]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (12 Feb 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the role of the EU, as one of the four co-chairs of the 2003 Tokyo Conference on the Reconstruction and Development of Sri Lanka, in efforts to resolve conflict in the country; and the initiatives which have recently been adopted to that end. [5195/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (12 Feb 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 224: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will prioritise the building of a new school (details supplied) in County Cork which was recently flooded and is awaiting formal planning approval and tendering; when this project will be given the go ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5430/09]

Order of Business (12 Feb 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Just muddying the waters.

Written Answers — Organic Farming: Organic Farming (11 Feb 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the organic food producing promotion initiatives planned for 2009; the estimated cost of these initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4905/09]

Written Answers — Farm Safety: Farm Safety (11 Feb 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to promote the importance of health and safety on farms in 2009 in view of the fact that 21 people lost their lives on farms in 2008, which was 11 more than in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4906/09]

Written Answers — Estimates for Public Services: Estimates for Public Services (11 Feb 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance when the revised Estimates for public services 2009 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5142/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Feb 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will expedite an outpatient appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is on the orthopaedic knee waiting list for almost a year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5143/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Feb 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the waiting period for the processing of payment in respect of jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance in her Department's branch offices in Mallow, Fermoy, Cobh, Youghal and Midleton, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5144/09]