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Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (3 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: Question 156: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will issue new planning guidelines to local authorities. [2697/04]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (3 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: Question 304: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will give permanent staff to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [2753/04]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (3 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health and Children , further to Question No. 390 of 11 November 2003, his views on the transfer of 24 persons with intellectual disability from St. Joseph's Hospital, Limerick, to accommodation appropriate to their needs. [2771/04]

Written Answers — Suicide Incidence: Suicide Incidence (3 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health and Children , further to Question No. 79 of 7 May 2003, the areas of spending on suicide prevention and research in 2004. [2955/04]

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: No.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: There was ten hours of debate on Committee Stage of this Bill and the Minister said she would examine many matters when the debate recommenced in the House. We have examined the Bill in close detail on Committee Stage and to complete it in just one hour would be impossible and would not do the Bill any justice.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: I move amendment No. 1: In page 7, line 23, to delete "shall come" and substitute "comes". This amendment proposes to use the active voice. The greater use of the active voice has been recommended by the Law Reform Commission in its report on legislative drafting. In quite a few Bills I have seen serious inconsistencies in the drafting style and quality. The commencement provisions of many...

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: It is not very important so we will not fall out over it.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: I support the amendments. I remember very clearly the passage of the stillbirth registration legislation in the House some years ago. I was involved in the debate on the Bill and became very conscious of the difficulties experienced by parents of stillbirths and the mourning and trauma they experience, which is every bit as real and sometimes more severe than that associated with the death of...

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: I support the amendment. I supported it on Committee Stage as well. It is the only Bill currently going through the House that requires a person to present himself or herself in person. Nowadays, everything is done through post. One can apply for a pension and a range of services and register a whole range of items without making oneself physically present.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: I move amendment No. 16: In page 21, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: "20.—Parents may opt to have the birth details of their child recorded in the Irish language and may opt to have a birth certificate issued in the Irish language.". I am disappointed the Minister has not brought forward an amendment to deal with the request that one be permitted to register one's child's...

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: I am disappointed. The Minister has been over-persuaded in respect of this matter.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: I reiterate that, in her heart, she supports this amendment. Members on all sides are campaigning for recognition of our native language within the European Union. What we are seeking here is recognition of the language when births are registered. While I appreciate the Minister's statement that it is possible to register in either language, people should have the facility to do so in both....

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: It was not ruled out of order as imposing a cost on the Exchequer.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: I support the amendment and feel strongly about it. I have spoken in this House on numerous occasions about the right of a child to know, as well as to be parented by, both parents. Except in exceptional circumstances, that it is a child's fundamental right. The section as drafted reflects society's view of parenthood outside marriage, that the mother is the parent, with the father sometimes...

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: It gives a very strong signal.

Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when moneys will be paid under the refund scheme operated through the GMS payments board for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who is eligible for a refund under the drugs payments scheme. [3670/04]

Written Answers — Organ Retention: Organ Retention (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expected date of completion of the Dunne inquiry into organ retention. [3690/04]

Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when arrears of the drug refund scheme will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [3719/04]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (17 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance if surpluses in the social insurance fund and the pension contributions of public servants will be lodged to the national pensions reserve fund. [4712/04]