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Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (10 Feb 2005)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ba mhaith liom am a roinnt leis na Teachtaí Gregory agus Cuffe. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Bhille, mar táimid ag fanacht le 80 bliain lena leithéid de Bhille chun leasú ceart a dhéanamh ar an tslí a ritear an Garda Síochána. In ainneoin go bhfuil ceann de na rátaí póilíneachta is airde againn ar domhan, níl an Garda Síochána éifeachtach, agus tá súil agam agus ag mo pháirtí...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (10 Feb 2005)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the findings of the independent investigation into the death of Róisín Ruddle at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin where management has failed to solve the staffing problem that led to this tragedy and this failure resulted in subsequent cancellation of surgeries for...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (9 Feb 2005)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 75: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of housing units delivered to date by each local authority under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; if he has sought explanations from those local authorities which have delivered little or no housing under this provision to determine the reason for this failure; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Housing Policy: Housing Policy (9 Feb 2005)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 158: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the projected percentage growth in the number of households on local authority housing waiting lists over the next five years if the Government fails to implement the recommendations of the NESC housing report on increasing the stock of social rental housing in view of the fact that the number of households...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (8 Feb 2005)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance: the refusal of the Minister for Health and Children and the national treatment purchase fund to release figures, either in reply to parliamentary questions or in correspondence, for the numbers of people on acute hospital waiting lists and the need for a debate on the implications of...

Company Closures. (8 Feb 2005)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention was drawn to the crisis at Media Lab Europe in Dublin prior to its closure; if so, the date on which his attention was drawn to the crisis; the steps he took to avert the job losses and recoup the Government's investment in this company; the total spend by the Government since the conception of...

Company Closures. (8 Feb 2005)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: What steps are being taken to ensure that the digital hub is successful and is not associated with the failure of Media Lab? Does the Minister not agree that the departure of four chief executive officers in such a short period should have rung alarm bells for the Government?

Company Closures. (8 Feb 2005)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Exactly. The concerns and scepticism of many when the project was initiated should also have come to the Government's attention when the company failed to achieve self-funding status and was unlikely to do so by 2005. Has the Minister met the staff of 50 whom he mentioned, the innovators and researchers since the announcement of the closure? Was he aware of the work of the south-west inner...

Company Closures. (8 Feb 2005)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is there a timeframe for the work the Minister suggests of tying Media Lab to a university or some other third level institution?

Departmental Funding. (3 Feb 2005)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I wish to raise the valid demand by the Coalition on Violence Against Women for a ring-fenced Supplementary Estimate for 2005 and a monthly annual funding package from 2006 onwards to ensure adequate financial support for front-line services for women who have survived domestic violence or sexual assault. The current funding arrangements are short term and insecure. There is widespread,...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Feb 2005)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if assessments have been made on the community welfare officer's customer care procedures employed by the various health authorities to assess discretionary payments; if her attention has been drawn to the numerous complaints regarding some individual CWOs for being rude, offensive, obstructionist and dismissive; and the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Feb 2005)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10. [3319/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Feb 2005)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons currently in receipt of methadone maintenance treatment in various centres in the State; the procedures involved in getting on methadone; the number of persons on the waiting list for methadone and the waiting time per centre; and the length of time persons currently wait for treatment on the waiting...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (3 Feb 2005)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be granted to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 10. [3321/05]

Written Answers — Overseas Properties: Overseas Properties (3 Feb 2005)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been an unprecedented boom in the illegal exploitation of Greek Cypriot property in the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus since 2002, involving the construction and sales of properties belonging to Greek Cypriots expelled from their homes in 1974, mostly to Turkish settlers and other...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (3 Feb 2005)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised with his British counterpart during recent meetings the recent reports confirming that the British Army used the highly poisonous CR gas, dibenzoxazepine, to subdue internees and prisoners of war in Long Kesh in the early 1970s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3322/05]

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (3 Feb 2005)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has asked his British counterpart to have the health agencies investigate whether the use by the British Army of the highly poisonous CR gas, dibenzoxazepine, to subdue internees and prisoners of war in Long Kesh in the early 1970s may be related to the higher than normal number of deaths from cancerous diseases among ex-prisoners of...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (3 Feb 2005)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has made a decision in the case of a person (details supplied) and if he will use his discretion to permit this person temporary leave to remain here on the basis of humanitarian and compassionate considerations. [3338/05]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (3 Feb 2005)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when persons (details supplied) will have their application for citizenship decided upon. [3317/05]

Written Answers — Garda Equipment: Garda Equipment (3 Feb 2005)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Síochána had in its possession at any stage in the past 30 years stocks of the highly poisonous CR gas, dibenzoxazepine; if it was tested; if so, the way in which; if it was deployed; if so, the circumstances in which; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3335/05]