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Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (10 Nov 2009)

Denis Naughten: Question 283: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who have been granted refugee status as a result of being members of a community (details supplied). [40375/09]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (10 Nov 2009)

Denis Naughten: Question 406: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 24 September 2009, the funding allocated by the European Commission to Ireland for landowner payments in respect of designated Natura 2000 sites up to 2007; the headings under which this funding was drawn down and the total under each category, based on an amount of €220...

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (10 Nov 2009)

Denis Naughten: Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to change the junior certificate examination timetable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40221/09]

Garda Strength. (10 Nov 2009)

Denis Naughten: Based on the Minister's figures there will be a trebling in the loss of knowledge from the Garda Síochána in the current year. Given that specialist units such as CAB, the new armed unit and so forth needed to be developed, how many gardaí are carrying out day-to-day general policing duties on the ground? In my constituency and in every other constituency we are not seeing a dramatic...

Garda Strength. (10 Nov 2009)

Denis Naughten: The Minister should come down and I will show him where thieves are running amok due to the mess that has been made because of Garda division anomalies.

Garda Strength. (10 Nov 2009)

Denis Naughten: It is a farce. I warned at the time but no one listened.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (10 Nov 2009)

Denis Naughten: I seek the adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss a matter of urgent national importance, namely, in light of the threat that hangs over local maternity services, including those at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, as a result of a national report on the reconfiguration of such services, there is an immediate need to publish the report in full and have its contents debated...

Order of Business (10 Nov 2009)

Denis Naughten: May I ask about two pieces of secondary legislation? First, in July 2008, the Oireachtas passed an Intoxicating Liquor Act. On a number of occasions I have asked the Taoiseach about secondary legislation required to ban below-cost selling of alcohol. At the time, the Minister required approval from the EU Commission and that permission was granted approximately 12 months ago. When will...

Order of Business (10 Nov 2009)

Denis Naughten: Is legislation imminent?

Garda Investigations. (10 Nov 2009)

Denis Naughten: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of investigations into alleged human trafficking since the introduction of the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008; the number of potential victims of trafficking identified; the number of prosecutions that have commenced; the number of victims of trafficking who have received the period of recovery and...

Garda Investigations. (10 Nov 2009)

Denis Naughten: How many files are with the Director of Public Prosecutions for consideration? Will the Minister comment on the report produced by the US State Department which states the Government of Ireland does not fully comply with minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking? The report focuses on two issues. It refers to the lack of any prosecution or conviction in the reporting...

Garda Investigations. (10 Nov 2009)

Denis Naughten: I refer to the 2009 rather than 2008 report.

Garda Investigations. (10 Nov 2009)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for the figures he presented to the House. On those figures, 11 out of the 73 cases being investigated by the Garda have been defined as suspected victims of trafficking. We are now 15 or 16 months into the enactment of the legislation. Is the Minister satisfied with the period of time it takes An Garda Síochána to decide that someone is a suspected victim? At that...

Anti-Social Behaviour. (10 Nov 2009)

Denis Naughten: This is relevant to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's constituency.

Anti-Social Behaviour. (10 Nov 2009)

Denis Naughten: The Minister could come down to my constituency and he would hear a different story.

Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (5 Nov 2009)

Denis Naughten: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the rural transport initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39520/09]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (5 Nov 2009)

Denis Naughten: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of his road safety strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39519/09]

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (4 Nov 2009)

Denis Naughten: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the operation of the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39269/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (4 Nov 2009)

Denis Naughten: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Prospectus Review of Critical Care Services will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39268/09]

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (4 Nov 2009)

Denis Naughten: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with County Roscommon addresses referred by the National Treatment Purchase Fund for procedures (details supplied) to hospitals outside Roscommon; the corresponding number operated on at Roscommon County Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39577/09]