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Written Answers — Home Tuition: Home Tuition (1 Feb 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve home tuition for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3231/07]

Written Answers — Skills Requirements: Skills Requirements (31 Jan 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way he will address the need to up skill the Irish labour force in the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2593/07]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (31 Jan 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has read the report into work practices (details supplied); his views on same; if his Department has reason for concern; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2605/07]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (31 Jan 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 740: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the number of people who are qualified but unemployed as physiotherapists and the need for improvements to be carried out to services for people requiring physiotherapy; if she will allocate additional funding from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1614/07]

Written Answers — Health Repayment Scheme: Health Repayment Scheme (31 Jan 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 898: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made in respect of nursing home rebate for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2515/07]

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (31 Jan 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 1008: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the present conservation programme in relation to salmon stocks on the Rivers Barrow and Nore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2251/07]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (31 Jan 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 1062: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress or otherwise being made in relation to the decentralisation of the Arts Council as promised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1402/07]

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (31 Jan 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 1063: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the requirement in Kilkenny of an integrated culture facility and the proposals that have been submitted in this regard under the access fund; the progress or otherwise in respect of this application for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1403/07]

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (31 Jan 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 1064: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he received an application from Kilkenny County Council and Kilkenny Borough Council regarding grant assistance towards non-pool related elements of the proposed Kilkenny leisure centre at Scanlon Park, Kilkenny; if he will examine this application favourably in view of the costing associated with this element of the project...

Written Answers — Services Sector: Services Sector (31 Jan 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 1094: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce measures to properly regulate professional services to allow for greater transparency in pricing, better representation of consumer interests where a conflict of interest exists and tougher fines compensation from service providers that fail to meet their responsibilities; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Enterprise Education: Enterprise Education (31 Jan 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 1118: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will include a financial contribution to an organisation (details supplied) to allow them to continue their work in respect of developing entrepreneurship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2337/07]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (31 Jan 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 1411: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding is available to establish an ABA unit for children with autism for their education needs in Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1480/07]

Economic Competitiveness. (31 Jan 2007)

Phil Hogan: What the Minister said is absolute nonsense. Inflation has nothing to do with international trends but everything to do with domestic policy. Price increases in the domestic services sector in this country are twice what they are elsewhere in Europe. The increase in inflation is not due to higher energy prices. Energy price inflation has declined sharply since 2006 from 14.1% in the first...

Economic Competitiveness. (31 Jan 2007)

Phil Hogan: The National Competitiveness Council is under the remit of the Minister's Department.

Economic Competitiveness. (31 Jan 2007)

Phil Hogan: The Minister mentioned all the cities.

Economic Competitiveness. (31 Jan 2007)

Phil Hogan: I put it on the record——

Economic Competitiveness. (31 Jan 2007)

Phil Hogan: Fianna Fáil does that.

Economic Competitiveness. (31 Jan 2007)

Phil Hogan: I acknowledge what the Acting Chairman is trying to achieve and I have no difficulty with it. In respect of all the sheltered and regulated sectors the Minister spoke about, it is interesting he did not dispute the figures I gave. That is because he has failed to do anything to address issues in regard to waste, electricity, gas, IT and legal services, although I acknowledge there has been...

Economic Competitiveness. (31 Jan 2007)

Phil Hogan: The figures speak for themselves.

Economic Competitiveness. (31 Jan 2007)

Phil Hogan: It is a major challenge.