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Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)

Bobby Aylward: The hypocrisy is coming from Deputy Crawford's side.

Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2008)

Bobby Aylward: I thank my two colleagues for sharing time and giving me an opportunity to speak on this Bill. I am very pleased that the Student Support Bill 2008 is being moved through this House and I am delighted to endorse the provisions of the Bill as being largely supportive of students applying for higher education grants. The Bill generally provides for making grants available to all those who wish...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Mar 2008)

Bobby Aylward: Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will sanction the sum of €300,000 applied for to her Department by the Health Service Executive south for a project (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9094/08]

Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (4 Mar 2008)

Bobby Aylward: Question 541: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date on the provision of a new fire station at Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny where a site is available following the opening of the ring road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8760/08]

Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (4 Mar 2008)

Bobby Aylward: Question 542: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date on the provision of a new fire station at Castlecomer, County Kilkenny. [8761/08]

Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (4 Mar 2008)

Bobby Aylward: Question 543: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date on the provision of a new fire station at Urlingford in County Kilkenny where a site is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8762/08]

Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (11 Mar 2008)

Bobby Aylward: Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the regulations governing the primary medical certificate issued by the Health Service Executive to allow persons who are not wholly disabled obtain tax relief towards the purchase of a car on a percentage scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10483/08]

Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (11 Mar 2008)

Bobby Aylward: Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the tax relief scheme administered to assist disabled persons in purchasing a car to include persons who are not wholly disabled so they can obtain tax relief on a percentage scale depending on the level of their disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10482/08]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (11 Mar 2008)

Bobby Aylward: Question 390: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the time-scale for the implementation of the curricular change to meet skills needs and ensuring a broader range of educational opportunities for the increased numbers of students attending agricultural colleges as agreed in the programme for Government 2007 with the Agricultural Science Teachers Association; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (12 Mar 2008)

Bobby Aylward: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a decision has been made on the appeal sent by this Deputy to her office dated 5 February 2008 to increase resource hours for a pupil (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [10861/08]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Mar 2008)

Bobby Aylward: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress to date on the application by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for grant aid under the farm improvement scheme. [11136/08]

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Apr 2008)

Bobby Aylward: It is with great enthusiasm that I rise to support this Bill, which will enable us to ratify the Lisbon treaty if this constitutional amendment is passed by the Irish people in the forthcoming referendum in June. The arguments about Ireland's role and future in the European Union always come up for scrutiny when one of these treaties is presented to us. We have had five successive treaties...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (17 Apr 2008)

Bobby Aylward: Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 12 March 2008, the reason the commitment given that the local special education needs officer would contact the parents of a child (details supplied) in County Kilkenny seeking increased resource hours before the school re-opens after the Easter holidays has not been honoured; and if she...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Apr 2008)

Bobby Aylward: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the waiting time for assessment for hip replacement operations within the Health Service Executive south area is 18 months; and the action she proposes to take to reduce this waiting time. [15055/08]

Written Answers — Farm Improvement Scheme: Farm Improvement Scheme (22 Apr 2008)

Bobby Aylward: Question 291: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the level of funding available under the farm improvement scheme has been reached; and when applicants will be notified of the outcome of their applications. [15054/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Apr 2008)

Bobby Aylward: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it is the intention of the Health Service Executive to close the pre-discharge unit at Kilcreene Hospital, Kilkenny for the months of June, July and August 2008; if she will take steps to reverse this decision on a facility which has been acclaimed as one of the best in the country; and...

Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (29 Apr 2008)

Bobby Aylward: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when her Department will abolish the mandatory retirement of GMS doctors on age grounds solely as advocated by the Irish Medical Council at its recent congress and outlined recently (details supplied); and if she will put a moratorium on implementing this outdated regulation in the interim. [16489/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 May 2008)

Bobby Aylward: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the intention of the Health Service Executive to withdraw the services of the occupational therapist from a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will liaise with the HSE to ensure such services are retained. [17057/08]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (1 May 2008)

Bobby Aylward: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve funding towards the cost of work needed at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [17036/08]

Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (8 May 2008)

Bobby Aylward: Question 597: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status on the provision of a new fire station for Castlecomer in County Kilkenny. [17843/08]