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Written Answers — Commercial Promotions in Schools: Commercial Promotions in Schools (18 May 2004)

Brian O'Shea: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the recent call from primary school teachers representatives for growing commercialisation in schools to be tackled; his views on whether young children and their parents are being exploited by commercial interests that use the education system to run promotions; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (18 May 2004)

Brian O'Shea: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to introduce school transport charges for pupils attending primary schools; his plans to increase the charges already levied on post-primary pupils; the charges he is planning to introduce; if there will be a cap on the charges; the persons who will have to pay the charges and those who will be exempt; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (18 May 2004)

Brian O'Shea: Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for cutbacks in the support services for psychiatric patients at St. Luke's Hospital in Clonmel, County Tipperary. [14104/04]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (18 May 2004)

Brian O'Shea: Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his proposals to introduce a compensation scheme for psychiatric nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14201/04]

Written Answers — Home Help Service: Home Help Service (18 May 2004)

Brian O'Shea: Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the employment of home help on bank holiday Mondays. [14302/04]

Written Answers — General Practitioner Co-operatives: General Practitioner Co-operatives (18 May 2004)

Brian O'Shea: Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason funding to extend the Caredoc co-op after hours' service to Waterford city and county was not included in his Department's letter of determination to the South Eastern Health Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14664/04]

Sports Capital Programme. (25 May 2004)

Brian O'Shea: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he is considering establishing an independent body to monitor grant aid to sporting organisations awarded funds under the sports capital programme; his views on whether the criteria for allocating these funds needs to be reviewed in order to achieve an equitable spread of money to sporting organisations across the country; and if...

Sports Capital Programme. (25 May 2004)

Brian O'Shea: Does the Minister agree the sports capital programme has operated as something of a slush fund? When Deputy McDaid was the Minister with responsibility for sport did the current Minister intervene to ask him to look favourably at the funding application of the Killorglin rowing club, which is in the Minister's constituency? Is it the case that the club had scored 63 points when the approval...

Sports Capital Programme. (25 May 2004)

Brian O'Shea: I take the Minister's word for it that he did not know what points had been allocated to the particular project. However, has he subsequently learned that the score of 63 points, which was below approval level, was used to bring this grant to the club in Killorglin? Does he agree this is an argument in favour of having an independent board to disburse these funds?

Tourism Promotion. (25 May 2004)

Brian O'Shea: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the fact that following the successful enlargement of the European Union, increased competition from eastern European states as tourist destinations will impact significantly on the Irish tourism market; his further views that having been thus far unable to develop fully a foothold in the continental European market,...

Tourism Promotion. (25 May 2004)

Brian O'Shea: Ireland has not developed the foothold it needs in continental Europe if it is to get its full share of the tourism business from that region. The Minister's figures have indicated that fewer than 25% of tourists who visit this country come from continental Europe. It is obvious that if the new member states have great capacity in their tourism product, they will develop it with the...

Tourism Promotion. (25 May 2004)

Brian O'Shea: The Minister has agreed the entry of ten new countries into the European Union will put some pressure on the market but have his Department or its agencies taken any specific marketing measures to cope with the new level of tourism product now available within the EU?

Tourism Industry. (25 May 2004)

Brian O'Shea: Fuel prices have a major impact on the tourism industry about which the Government can do little. Has a study been undertaken of the impact which increasing fuel prices can have on transport access to Ireland? It is important we have the means to get tourists here and that the costs of travelling here should not be prohibitive. Oil is $40 a barrel at present but there are forecasts that it...

St. Patrick's Festival. (25 May 2004)

Brian O'Shea: I take the point the Minister makes but St. Patrick's Day is the day we celebrate our Irishness. What happened in central Dublin on that occasion was no credit to us. There was a high level of drunkenness among some participants and surely there is some way to curtail drinking on the scale which occurred then. We have had other incidents of violence and robbery also and it is time to nip this...

Written Answers — National Conference Centre: National Conference Centre (25 May 2004)

Brian O'Shea: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position with regard to the four submissions for the provision of a national conference centre; when the evaluation process will be complete; when, in the autumn, he expects the Government to be in a position to secure a final decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15376/04]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (25 May 2004)

Brian O'Shea: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proposals he has in the matter of a buyout of drift net salmon fishermen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15326/04]

Written Answers — General Practitioner Co-operatives: General Practitioner Co-operatives (25 May 2004)

Brian O'Shea: Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children , further to Question No. 347 of 18 May, if he will clarify in relation to paragraph two of the reply if it was the South Eastern Health Board that made the final decision in regard to the geographical areas to be covered by Caredoc co-operatives; and the order of their commencement. [15324/04]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 May 2004)

Brian O'Shea: Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he has set up the expert group to examine organ donation procurement and utilisation policy. [15327/04]

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (25 May 2004)

Brian O'Shea: Question 336: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 128,129 and 130 of 1 April 2004 the improvement that has taken place in the waiting time for a driving test in Waterford and Dungarvan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15505/04]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (25 May 2004)

Brian O'Shea: Question 388: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take in regard to the IFA's concerns regarding the Government draft action programme under the nitrates directive (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15305/04]