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Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Jun 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure increased resources for the National MRSA Reference Laboratory in view of the endemic nature of MRSA in hospitals here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17355/07]

Written Answers — Integration Policy: Integration Policy (27 Jun 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 273: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the Office of the Minister for Integration Policy will have authority within Departments other than the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, the Department of Education and Science and the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in developing and coordinating a strategic, long term...

Written Answers — Integration Policy: Integration Policy (27 Jun 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding that has been allocated to the Office of the Minister for Integration Policy; the steps that will be taken to provide sufficient human and financial resources to ensure proper implementation and coordination of a national integration strategy; the number of staff members who have been allocated for this...

Written Answers — Integration Policy: Integration Policy (27 Jun 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 275: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps that will be taken to ensure that minority groups are involved throughout the process leading to the establishment and implementation of a national integration strategy; if efforts will be made to recruit members of minority groups to its staff and to the staff of the Office for Integration Policy; and if...

Written Answers — Integration Policy: Integration Policy (27 Jun 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the Office of the Minister for Integration Policy will have responsibility for immigration matters, as recommended by the Immigrant Council of Ireland in their call for a cross-Departmental structure to coordinate the work of all statutory bodies that have a brief in the area of immigration and integration; and...

Written Answers — Integration Policy: Integration Policy (27 Jun 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 277: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding has been allocated or is proposed for a coherent data collection system or coordination of currently collected data and research on migration, under the remit of the Office of the Minister for Integration Policy or elsewhere, in order that national strategies and planning can be well informed and...

Written Answers — Immigration Policy: Immigration Policy (27 Jun 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 344: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Office of the Minister for Integration Policy will have responsibility for immigration matters, as recommended by the Immigrant Council of Ireland in their call for a cross-Departmental structure to coordinate the work of all statutory bodies that have a brief in the area of immigration and integration; and if he...

European Council: Statements. (27 Jun 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We always knew that worried-looking journalists would speculate about how difficult it would be to get agreement. We knew an air of crisis would be created and the negotiations would drag on until the early hours of the morning. We knew that a last-minute deal would be done, much to the practised relief of the EU leaders and assorted commentators. We know that every EU leader would declare...

European Council: Statements. (27 Jun 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Will the Minister explain how the introduction of a new EU Foreign Minister would be consistent with our status as a neutral and independent state?

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (26 Jun 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the specific vulnerabilities he has identified in the Irish economy; and the steps he is taking or proposing to take to address these. [17257/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (26 Jun 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on whether further reductions in income tax would make the Exchequer increasingly dependent on other more insecure sources of tax revenue such as those related to property and consumption; and if the proposals contained in the Programme for Government to reduce both the standard and higher rate of income tax are therefore...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Jun 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will look into or request that the HSE intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin City who is needing long-term care and whose family has been told that they can only be placed in a facility far away from their spouse and family, despite the fact that there is at least one facility near their home that could...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Jun 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the waiting list numbers for each of the long-term care facilities in the greater Dublin area; the steps that have been taken to address the shortage of spaces in long term care facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16695/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Jun 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new cystic fibrosis unit in St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin 4 will be opened in view of the increased life expectancy of CF sufferers which will come about from the service, if it will have the capacity to deal with the potential increase in the number of CF patients and the increased use of the facilities that will be...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Jun 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the findings of the Health Service Executive's cystic fibrosis working group; when each of its recommendations will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16700/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Jun 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has given consideration to immediately approving the upgrade of the specialist Cystic Fibrosis Unit at Cork University Hospital for adult and child CF sufferers and to accelerating the planning for the Galway University Hospital unit; and if there are plans for other regional units. [16701/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Jun 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she or her officials have been in contact with counterparts in the Six Counties to agree an all Ireland approach to the provision of care and treatment for patients with cystic fibrosis; if not will she initiate such contact; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16702/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Jun 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to address the major risk of cross-infection faced by children with cystic fibrosis attending Dublin's paediatric hospitals, and the need for the existing facilities to be upgraded immediately to address that concern, especially in the event of MRSA in hospitals and the fatal consequences posed to CF patients...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Jun 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the strategies that have been undertaken to ensure that the required staff, with the required medical expertise, is in place to address the medical needs of cystic fibrosis patients both adult and children. [16704/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Jun 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to put in pace a neo-natal screening programme to ensure the potential benefits of such screening is realised. [16705/07]