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Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (18 Dec 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Wrixon report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34823/07]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (18 Dec 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 379: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the summer works scheme has come to an end; if so, if the schools (details supplied) in County Cork which have already submitted their application will receive funding for 2007/2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34832/07]

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2007)

Seán Sherlock: I noted with interest the contribution of the Minister for State, Deputy Michael Ahern, to this debate last night. Not once did he mention the word "pharmacist" or even acknowledge the problem that exists for the IPU. He stated: "the Bill before us today is, in effect, championing price fixing, which is a serious crime carrying a maximum prison sentence of five years". This gives rise to...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2007)

Seán Sherlock: If the HSE had the reforming zeal it purports to have, it would have consulted the pharmacists prior to any unilateral move. That is why we are seeking to ensure that by amending the Competition Act, organisations such as the IPU will at least have the right to negotiate a position that will not leave them stranded on this or any other issue. If the concepts of engagement and social...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2007)

Seán Sherlock: It extends to Blackpool.

Schools Building Projects. (19 Dec 2007)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me this opportunity to raise this matter. I wish to speak about the urgent need for the Minister for Education and Science to address the serious delay in granting permission to St. Mary's community school, Buttevant, County Cork, to build a new school to provide for an increase in the student population. This issue has been ongoing for more than ten...

Schools Building Projects. (19 Dec 2007)

Seán Sherlock: That is a virtual cut and paste of the answer given to my predecessor in April 2007.

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (19 Dec 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he is taking to support the provision of broadband to rural dwellers in view of the fact that the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is urging farmers to make use of online processes to eliminate registrations and scheme applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (19 Dec 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the new EOCP funding regulations in view of the fact that the proposals will ghettoise all community based childcare as working class parents who fall short of the subvention criteria move their children to other schools which will have a negative effect on the remaining pupils who will all be classed as social...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (19 Dec 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 331: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount to be allocated for the provision of youth cafes in view of the budget 2008 allocation of €43,733,000; the percentage of these funds to be allocated to the north and east Cork regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35919/07]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (30 Jan 2008)

Seán Sherlock: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate a matter of national importance, namely, the proposal to construct a northern relief road at Mallow, County Cork, and the urgent question why the notices to treat were not served to landowners within the vicinity of the project and why the NRA has postponed this project again.

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Today I received three pieces of correspondence from the Ceann Comhairle's office regarding four questions I put down to Ministers, three of which, relating to the upkeep of the N72 and N73 roads in County Cork, were disallowed on the basis that the Minister has no official responsibility to Dáil Éireann for this matter, which falls within the remit of the National Roads Authority. I also...

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Seán Sherlock: When is it deemed possible for a Member of this House to ask a question he or she feels is pertinent to the running of his or her constituency and is important enough to raise on the floor of the House by way of a parliamentary question, without being told it is an operational matter not for the Minister but for the NRA? Is it now the case that the Minister for Transport no longer has...

Written Answers — Airport Customs Controls: Airport Customs Controls (30 Jan 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will propose measures, particularly but not exclusively focusing on smaller and regional airports, to clamp down on the evasion of VAT and excise duties on alcohol and cigarettes through the smuggling of these goods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2329/08]

Written Answers — Tax Evasion: Tax Evasion (30 Jan 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if, in view of the fact that the Revenue Commissioners brought in €2.4 billion from special investigations since 2002 and the endemic nature of the problem, he will review or increase the penalties, including the increased use of incarceration as a deterrent, for tax evaders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2328/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Jan 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for domiciliary care by a person (details supplied) in County Cork on behalf of their son is presently being expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1352/08]

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (30 Jan 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will include admissions to Mallow General Hospital in the Health Service Executive's daily emergency department admission bulletin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1306/08]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Accommodation: Nursing Home Accommodation (30 Jan 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of publically contracted beds under the management of the Health Service Executive south at a nursing home (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1350/08]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (30 Jan 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a senior radiographer and clinical specialist radiographer will be appointed to Mallow General Hospital in January 2008 as previously indicated by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1369/08]

Written Answers — Suicide Prevention: Suicide Prevention (30 Jan 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated toward suicide prevention initiatives in 2007; if funding is available for such initiatives in 2008; the supports in place for those who have experienced a bereavement due to suicide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1388/08]