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Written Answers — Performance Management: Performance Management (23 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will expand on her proposals in relation to the dismissal of teachers who are not performing well; if badly performing principals are included in her proposals; the measures open to parents concerned about the performance of a principal where the board of management refuses to take action; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (18 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he will introduce under his recently established One Small Step campaign in view of recent statistics indicating that less than 40% of children walk to school even though they live two kilometres or less from their school, to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24261/07]

Written Answers — Driving Licences: Driving Licences (18 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will introduce a graduated drivers licence system scheme; the measures he will include in this new system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24263/07]

Aer Lingus Proposal. (18 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question : To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a full statement on the disclosure that his Department was aware of plans by Aer Lingus to scrap its Shannon to Heathrow routes and transfer the service to Belfast six weeks before he claims to have been made aware of the proposals; the reason he took no action in regard to such a major threat to job creation and economic...

Aer Lingus Proposal. (18 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Will the Minister acknowledge that a document existed within his Department on 13 June that was marked for the attention of the Minister and that indicated specifically this concern? Can the Minister comment on, or explain, how the document did not reach him? This is the crux of the matter. Does the Minister seriously expect Members to believe that during the one and a half months in...

Aer Lingus Proposal. (18 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: When the Government privatised Aer Lingus, Labour Party Members stated these issues would be central.

Aer Lingus Proposal. (18 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Will it be independent?

Aer Lingus Proposal. (18 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is the board's responsibility to make such decisions.

Aer Lingus Proposal. (18 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is rubbish.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: He should make time for the matter.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Can I ask the Tánaiste, who is answering for the Government today, where a document is prepared in a Department marked for the Minister's attention, what is the procedure for bringing that document to the Minister's attention?

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is very interesting. It is a general question. If something is marked for the Minister's attention it should be brought to the Minister's attention.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will ask the question.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (18 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: In accordance with the terms of Standing Order 32, I seek the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss a specific and important matter of public interest requiring urgent attention, namely, the need for the Minister for Transport to make a full statement on the disclosure that his Department was aware of plans by Aer Lingus to scrap its Shannon-Heathrow routes and transfer the service to Belfast...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (18 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Surely there must be a way for the Minister for Transport to respond to the concerns I have raised, given that his Department knew Aer Lingus was about to take an action which would have a significant impact on the mid-west region and which the Government could have averted.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (18 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Surely it can be discussed in some form in the House today.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (18 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister with responsibility for these matters must address the issue in the House today.

Written Answers — Departmental Inquiries: Departmental Inquiries (17 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a report from the Health Service Executive on the inquiry it ordered into the circumstances in which a person (details supplied) was allowed to hold a sensitive position despite having a conviction for indecent assault in another jurisdiction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24034/07]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (17 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and location of beds dedicated to the child and adolescent psychiatric services; when plans will be implemented to increase the number of such beds; her views on waiting times of 20 months and more for access to the child and adolescent mental health community services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23999/07]

Health Service Staff. (17 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is still of the view that the embargo on recruitment of staff by the Health Service Executive is not affecting patient care; the level of involvement she and officials in her Department had in decisions with regard to staff issues, including the increase in grade eight managers from ten in 2000 to more than 500 at present; the...