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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Registration (23 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to include for the registration of deaths of Irish citizens abroad; her plans to do so, and, when might such amendments may be likely; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45887/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Semi-State Bodies (23 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the administration costs of CIE and Bus Éireann; the percentage of their total budget in administrative costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45638/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (23 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the decision to cut bus routes is taken by him, The National Transport Authority or Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45726/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Semi-State Bodies (23 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the administration costs of CIE and Bus Éireann; the percentage of their total budget in administrative costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45638/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (23 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the decision to cut bus routes is taken by him, The National Transport Authority or Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45726/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Semi-State Bodies (23 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the administration costs of CIE and Bus Éireann; the percentage of their total budget in administrative costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45638/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (23 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the decision to cut bus routes is taken by him, The National Transport Authority or Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45726/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Medical Card Applications (18 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider granting a medical card to a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45468/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Medical Products (18 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is expected to take at least 18 months to bring legislation to Dáil Éireann for the introduction of cannabis based medicine for the relief of pain for certain ailments such as multiple sclerosis, glaucoma and others; if it is necessary to run clinical trials when the medicine has already been tested and approved in the UK and Belgium; and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Medical Card Applications (18 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider granting a medical card to a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45468/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Medical Products (18 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is expected to take at least 18 months to bring legislation to Dáil Éireann for the introduction of cannabis based medicine for the relief of pain for certain ailments such as multiple sclerosis, glaucoma and others; if it is necessary to run clinical trials when the medicine has already been tested and approved in the UK and Belgium; and...

Home Help and Home Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: Am I in the wrong debate? We are supposed to be talking about home care packages.

Home Help and Home Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: What about the cuts to home care packages?

Home Help and Home Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: It is difficult to work out what the Government is trying to achieve. This week, we read that one in ten people in the country cannot feed themselves. Now that the Government has achieved that, it wants to try to get older people to die a little younger so that it can save more money. My father does not want to go into a home. I do not know anyone of that age who wants to go into a home...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: At a meeting with a delegation from Roscommon last week a question was asked about the withdrawal of services from Ballina to Dublin. It sounded like a fairly extreme question but the answer justified asking it. The question was as follows: if Bus Éireann decided to remove every stop between, say, Ballina and Dublin, could anything be done about it? I understand from listening to the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Conflict of Interest (17 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a conflict of interest exists between his former employment and current shareholding in a major integrated construction materials manufacturer and his role as the relevant Minister for Competition considering his refusal to ask the Competition Authority under Section 30 (2) of the Competition Act 2002 to carry out a market study...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Application Numbers (17 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a breakdown, on a bog by bog basis, of those who applied for compensation for cessation of turf cutting; if he will provide figures for those who accepted compensation as an interim measure while awaiting a relocation bog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45052/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Loans (17 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to a loan sought by Roscommon County Council for the development of a new civic headquarters, the persons from whom the county council are getting the loan; the interest rate they are paying on the loan; the number of years the loan is for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45271/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (17 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the application of fluoride to drinking water here, if he will confirm that the contract to supply fluoride is due for renewal soon; if he will confirm that a company (details supplied) is the supplier; if he will provide the contract date and the duration of the new contract; the cost to the State of the contract; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (17 Oct 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the Health Service Executive commenced using silicofluoride chemicals for water fluoridation instead of sodium fluoride; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45005/12]