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Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (25 May 2004)

Paudge Connolly: Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the numbers of new investment projects attracted to Counties Monaghan and Cavan on a yearly basis since January 1997; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15274/04]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (25 May 2004)

Paudge Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill and I support the amendments tabled by Deputies McManus and Cowley. I should declare an interest in that I believe I am the last remaining Oireachtas Member who is still a member of a health board — whatever benefit that may bring. Reform of the health boards is needed after 33 years but to abolish them entirely is going several steps too far....

Sports Capital Programme. (25 May 2004)

Paudge Connolly: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the level of grant aid allocated to applicants under the sports capital programme in County Monaghan and County Cavan on a yearly basis since 2000; the way this funding compares with the overall annual sports capital programme allocation in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15395/04]

Sports Capital Programme. (25 May 2004)

Paudge Connolly: My question refers to the spread of grant aid allocations. People in counties Cavan and Monaghan are not receiving their fair share of grant aid. This is a frequent bone of contention. At times, the way some grants are allocated smacks of political patronage. I will refer to some allocations for 2003, but not to the most recent ones because they have been well bandied about. Three concerns in...

Sports Capital Programme. (25 May 2004)

Paudge Connolly: Some 17 people have worked voluntarily on a scheme under the Ballybay Development Association and have provided interest-free loans. They have attracted participation from schools and universities from Northern Ireland. Its counterpart body in the North, the Wildlife, Fowl and Wetland Trust in Belfast will receive funding of £2 million sterling to help its development, yet the Ballybay...

Sports Capital Programme. (25 May 2004)

Paudge Connolly: Will the Minister consider allocating each constituency a sum of €1.2 million for such funding per annum? That would be a much fairer system of allocation, given that counties in the centre of the country cannot benefit from such tourist attractions from which coastal towns would benefit.

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (18 May 2004)

Paudge Connolly: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has proposals to extend the free fees initiative to include part-time third level courses for persons participating in third level education for the first time, and to persons leaving farming to re-skill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14228/04]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (18 May 2004)

Paudge Connolly: Question 352: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the penalty points system; the range of offences for which penalty points are imposed; the level of implementation of the scheme; if he has satisfied himself that it is being implemented effectively; if it is proposed to coalesce the penalty points systems in the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (18 May 2004)

Paudge Connolly: Question 394: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has proposals to restore the first time buyer's grant, particularly in view of the continuing escalating cost of new and second-hand houses with consequential crippling debt being incurred by prospective house purchasers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14223/04]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (18 May 2004)

Paudge Connolly: Question 395: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he proposes to take to ensure equity in waste management charges throughout the country; if it is proposed to introduce initiatives to ensure value for money in waste disposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14224/04]

Maritime Security Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (18 May 2004)

Paudge Connolly: I support the Bill. I hope its implementation will take place with the requisite speed. Since the events of 11 September 2001, the international political scene has utterly changed, with heightened diplomatic tension throughout the world. Just as people can vividly recall where they were when John F. Kennedy was assassinated, others will recall where they were when the aeroplanes struck the...

Order of Business. (18 May 2004)

Paudge Connolly: We should have 12% of the——

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (30 Mar 2004)

Paudge Connolly: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the resources and structures he has put in place at second level to provide appropriately for the education of children with special educational and behavioural needs; if teachers have received specialist training to cater for the milder category of the aforementioned special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9721/04]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Mar 2004)

Paudge Connolly: Question 405: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the numbers of babies born in ambulances on their way to Monaghan General Hospital or in cars on their way to Cavan General Hospital following the closure of the maternity unit at Monaghan Hospital. [9953/04]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Mar 2004)

Paudge Connolly: Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of babies born to mothers at Cavan General Hospital within one hour of their arrival at that hospital since the closure of the maternity unit at Monaghan General Hospital. [9954/04]

Written Answers — EU Regulations: EU Regulations (17 Feb 2004)

Paudge Connolly: Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all county councils are complying with the provisions of the Prompt Payment of Accounts Act 1997; if she will give details of any instances where a particular county council was penalised for non-compliance with the aforementioned legislation together with particulars of penalties imposed since the...

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (17 Feb 2004)

Paudge Connolly: Question 286: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of teacher scarcity, he proposes to review the Scrúdú Cáilíochta na Gaeilge requirement for teachers trained outside the State, to provide a more achievable exam based on the standard of Irish required in the primary classroom; if he will reconsider the five year time limit to ensure continuity of employment and job...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Feb 2004)

Paudge Connolly: Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of elective surgical procedures at major level, intermediate level, minor level and day surgery which were carried out at Cavan General Hospital on a week-by-week basis since 1 July 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4613/04]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Feb 2004)

Paudge Connolly: Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of elective surgical procedures at major level, intermediate level, minor level and day surgery which were cancelled at Cavan General Hospital on a week by week basis between 1 July 2001 and 1 July 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4615/04]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Feb 2004)

Paudge Connolly: Question 377: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of elective surgical procedures at major level, intermediate level, minor level and day surgery which were cancelled at Cavan General Hospital on a week by week basis since 1 July 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4616/04]