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Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (30 Jun 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Health if he will elaborate on his statement that smaller hospitals will struggle to cope in the context of the non consultant hospital doctor shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17904/11]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (5 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, that due to Government cuts in schools in Meath, children who are the most disadvantaged and vulnerable are having their SNAs taken from them, which is having a massively negative impact on the children in question and all the other children in their class; and the need for the...

Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: When will the Government bring forward legislation with regard to upward-only rent reviews, which are putting thousands of businesses throughout the State out of business? What effect will this have on the Exchequer with regard to the changes in the banks? In addition, how many jobs does he envisage will be created through this change in legislation?

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (5 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance if lowering personal income tax bands and credits will form part of the additional revenue raising measures currently being considered by him as part of the fifth quarter requirements of the EU-IMF programme. [18594/11]

Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (5 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is actively considering the creation of a strategic investment bank with a capital allocation of €2 billion for the purpose of creating jobs. [14727/11]

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (5 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if reducing private pension tax reliefs will form part of the additional revenue raising measures currently being considered by him as part of the fifth quarter requirements of the EU-IMF programme. [18595/11]

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (5 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change lending practices within banks towards giving credit to businesses on the basis of their health and potential rather than on the assets that they have. [14721/11]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (5 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of both the rate and number of unemployed by the end of 2011; his estimate of the rate of emigration in the State by end of 2011; the number of additional jobs that the jobs initiative will deliver by the end of 2011; and the cost of each of these jobs. [14718/11]

Cycle Facilities (6 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the possibility for using disused railway lines as walking trails in view of the success of the Westport railway line walk, County Mayo; if a feasibility study will be performed to identify other suitable sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18965/11]

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Meath has had a hospital since 1767. For nearly 250 years, the people of Meath have been served by a local hospital. This hospital survived the 1798 rising, the disaster of the famine, two world wars, the Black and Tan war and the civil war. The hospital in Meath survived the hungry 30s and every recession since. In the 1960s, the population of Meath was about 100,000, yet the county had...

Written Answers — An Teanga Gaeilge: An Teanga Gaeilge (6 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 53: To ask the Aire Iompair, Turasóireachta agus Spóirt an bhfuil plean aige comhionannas cló a chur i bhfeidhm idir ainmneacha Gaeilge agus Béarla ar chomharthaí bóthair timpeall na tíre mar atá déanta i ngach taobh eile sa stát; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [16441/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (6 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health in view of a number of reports commissioned into services in Our Lady's Hospital Navan, County Meath, among them the Peyton Report, if the reports are complete; if he has read these reports; the findings of these reports; when these reports will be published; and the decision that will be made on the back of these reports [19117/11]

Teaching Qualifications (7 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that have been taken to ensure that the Professional Development Service for Teachers has sufficient full-time staff to meet the needs of Gaelscoileanna, Gaelcholáistí and Scoileanna Gaeltacht; if he has made provision for the interviewing of candidates through the medium of Gaeilge; and the supports in place to ensure...

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (7 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for future co-operation with the North's Education Minister, John O'Dowd, MLA, in order that the expertise of Áisaonad can be used throughout the entire island to translate teaching materials relevant to the curriculums in both jurisdictions. [19141/11]

Written Answers — School Services Staff: School Services Staff (7 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants in County Meath who have had their contracts terminated since March 2011; and the number of SNAs who will not have their contracts renewed for September 2011. [19279/11]

Children's Rights (12 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will publish the State's next report to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19896/11]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (12 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the urgent matter of hikes in energy prices, both electricity and gas, and the negative financial burden these will place on families.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (12 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: In the Navan area alone, between 200 and 300 families live in houses without proper double glazed windows or doors and most of them do not have proper insulation, a position replicated throughout the towns of County Meath. If the Government allows energy prices to increase and we have another extremely cold winter, families will be faced with fuel poverty and excruciating cold.

Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: I wish to notify you, a Cheann Comhairle, of my intention to introduce a Bill that will strengthen the making of EROs and registered employment agreements. Is the Taoiseach going to leave it to Sinn Féin to bring in the Bill or-----

Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: -----will the Government introduce a Bill immediately?