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Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (6 May 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance his intentions in relation to the Shannon tax scheme; if he will extend the duration of same; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a considerable amount of pre-planning work had been completed in some areas in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17725/09]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (6 May 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the visit by the Irish delegation to Vietnam to discuss the provisions of the renewal of the bilateral agreement regarding adoptions between the two countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17572/09]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (6 May 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the qualifications necessary for providers to be eligible under the new pre-school programme; her views on the difference between pre-school providers and child minders in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17664/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (6 May 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 404: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will review the means assessment system, which places a notional income on commercial property, in view of the 7 April 2009 budget; her views on reviewing same in view of a person not being able to rent a commercial property due to the economic climate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17442/09]

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (6 May 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 489: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will exempt fire services recruitment from the moratorium issued by his Department to local authorities in view of the importance of this emergency service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17723/09]

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (6 May 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 490: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timescale for the publication of a draft management plan pertaining to the Clonmacnoise, County Offaly, world heritage site application; the timescale and plans for public display and consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17724/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 May 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 630: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 486 of 16 December 2008, if a school (details supplied) in County Offaly has been included on his Department's list of large scale projects, to progress to the next stage; the position regarding this school project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17980/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Apr 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time from the first appointment with the orthopaedic surgeon or a specialist at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly, to the patient's operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17117/09]

Written Answers — Security of the Elderly: Security of the Elderly (30 Apr 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if formal communications have been sent to all community alert groups outlining the reason he is not taking more applications under the supports for older people scheme; if so, the groups which have been contacted and when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17130/09]

Written Answers — Security of the Elderly: Security of the Elderly (30 Apr 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the provisions put in place for people involved with the community alert groups, who may lose their positions as a result of the recent announcement that no more applications will be accepted under the supports for older people scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17131/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Apr 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason she does not collect information and statistics on the number of people who apply for mortgage interest supplement or the number of people who have been refused mortgage interest supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17304/09]

Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (30 Apr 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 216: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to his moratorium for recruitment to fire services; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a station (details supplied) in County Offaly is operating below capacity, putting both public and personal at risk; if he will authorise recruitment in this area; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (30 Apr 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 217: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to his moratorium for recruitment to fire services; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a station (details supplied) in County Offaly is operating below capacity, putting both public and personal at risk; if he will authorise recruitment in this area; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (30 Apr 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 218: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to his moratorium for recruitment to fire services; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a station (details supplied) in County Offaly is operating below capacity, putting both public and personal at risk; if he will authorise recruitment in this area; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (30 Apr 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 219: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to his moratorium for recruitment to fire services; if his attention has been drawn to a the fact that a station (details supplied) in County Offaly is operating below capacity, putting both public and personal at risk; if he will authorise recruitment in this area; and if he will...

Departmental Staff. (30 Apr 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Is the Minister convinced her facilitators are able to draw together all those groups? I am concerned that unemployment is continuing to increase rapidly, even in areas where there is what the Minister described last week as a "plethora" of groups. Are the facilitators able to cut through the layers of bureaucracy to assist people and get them onto courses? When the Minister spoke last...

Departmental Staff. (30 Apr 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the proposed transfer of community welfare officers to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17303/09]

Departmental Staff. (30 Apr 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Will the Minister clarify her comment that responsibility for all schemes, with the exception of the blind welfare allowance, will be transferred to the Department of Social and Family Affairs by September of this year? Is that subject to agreement at the discussions with the national industrial relations institutions? Will it happen anyway? One cannot hand over all the schemes if those...

Departmental Staff. (30 Apr 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Sorry.

Departmental Staff. (30 Apr 2009)

Olwyn Enright: I would like to ask a brief supplementary question about an issue I have already raised. I refer to the demands being imposed on the social welfare service and the community welfare service by the lengthening queues. Will more staff be deployed from within the resources of the Department of Social and Family Affairs to deal with such problems? The community welfare service is at breaking...