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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Nov 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the majority of physiotherapy graduates from UCD in 2006 have been unable to find work in the health services here; if she will engage with the Health Service Executive to ensure that the needs of the public and the availability of qualified professionals are matched through the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Nov 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention is drawn to the fact that the majority of graduates in physiotherapy from UCD in 2006 have been unable to find posts in the health services here; if her Department has plans to provide funding to the Health Service Executive to sanction additional posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38940/06]

Written Answers — Third Level Institutions: Third Level Institutions (21 Nov 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Government is considering the allocation of capital funding to upgrade and expand facilities on the campus of the National College of Art and Design; when she expects such funding to be allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38719/06]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Nov 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department is giving consideration to the provision of a new post-primary school in North Offaly in view of the increasing pressure for places in that area and the demographics in primary schools; if she will ensure that the needs of the area are addressed in time in order that children transferring from primary schools will...

Written Answers — Capital Investment Projects: Capital Investment Projects (21 Nov 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 539: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the priority projects for capital investment identified in table 7.2 of the report of Review and Prioritisation of Capital Projects in the Higher Education Sector which have not been approved by her; the criteria used by her to decide which projects should not yet be approved; when she proposes to give approval for any proposals...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (21 Nov 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 553: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the post-primary schools that have resource teachers; the number of resource teachers each school has; the schools which have no resource teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39085/06]

Order of Business (21 Nov 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: I understand the Taoiseach stated the Electoral Act would be amended in the light of the problems experienced with the electoral register. Will the Government ensure all local authorities will place their tenants on it?

Order of Business (21 Nov 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: It would be a simple matter to cross-reference the register with their housing departments.

Industrial Development Bill 2006: Second Stage (16 Nov 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: While the Bill is relatively short with quite simple content, it represents an historical moment for Shannon Development and it would do no harm to use some of my speaking time to acknowledge its work over the years. Especially worthy of praise has been Shannon Development's innovative approach to regional development, which did not exist in Ireland until the body was created. Shannon...

Industrial Development Bill 2006: Second Stage (16 Nov 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Shannon Development has set up the Plassey Enterprise Centre, giving indigenous companies the opportunity to develop and link with the University of Limerick. There is room for considerable development around that area. The riverbank could also be developed, a project in which Shannon Development has been involved. I hope it continues to be a company that directs matters in the mid west....

Written Answers — Bullying in the Workplace: Bullying in the Workplace (15 Nov 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the ESRI has completed its survey on workplace bullying that he commissioned since the report of the Expert Group on Workplace Bullying; when the details of this survey will be reported; when he will take the necessary steps to implement the proposals of the report launched by him on 17 August 2005; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (15 Nov 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment If he will report on the work undertaken through Enterprise Ireland's productivity improvement fund; the number of companies assisted by this fund in each year since its creation; if any empirical data on the effects of this assistance has been recorded, and if so the average and median expected annual savings for...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Nov 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated increase in the cost of welfare claims in 2007 arising from the entitlement of EU migrant workers to the new childcare supplement and child benefit; the level of increase in applications for such benefits that has been evident since the beginning of 2006; his views on these increases; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (14 Nov 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress of Operation Gull aimed at curbing cross-Border social welfare fraud; if the operation has now been concluded, or if it is ongoing. [37608/06]

Health Services: Motion. (14 Nov 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: A humble backbencher——

Health Services: Motion. (14 Nov 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to share time with Deputies Breeda Moynihan-Cronin, Kehoe and Connaughton.

Health Services: Motion. (14 Nov 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am not scoring any political points but I must point out that the way we treat our elderly people in the health service is disgraceful. We all learned about the issues relating to Leas Cross on television and in the report on the nursing home, but the issue is wider than this. I am talking about elderly people who are made to feel they are burdens on the system. They are described as bed...

Order of Business (14 Nov 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is a mess.

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (9 Nov 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, further to his comments in Dáil Éireann on 5 October 2006, he will clarify if the number of heroin users has fallen slightly in Dublin and is at low levels nationwide; the information he was drawing on when making this statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37011/06]

Motor Taxation. (8 Nov 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 8: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to increase motor taxation for 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36502/06]