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Order of Business. (24 Mar 2005)

Richard Bruton: It is promised legislation.

Order of Business. (24 Mar 2005)

Richard Bruton: I read during the week that changes have been agreed in the Stability and Growth Pact which will have an impact on our financial budgeting. Why was an Irish Minister not in attendance at the meeting at which these changes were agreed?

Order of Business. (24 Mar 2005)

Richard Bruton: It does because if these changes raise interest rates by even half a point, it will cost Irish householders €500 million. We must have scrutiny of what is agreed on our behalf, even if Ministers do not bother to attend.

Order of Business. (24 Mar 2005)

Richard Bruton: Will this be brought before the House for discussion? Will it be brought before the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service? When will there be a discussion of what has been agreed in the Minister's absence?

Order of Business. (24 Mar 2005)

Richard Bruton: The European Central Bank immediately indicated that the decision could lead to a rise in interest rates which would have a significant impact on Irish housing.

Order of Business. (24 Mar 2005)

Richard Bruton: The Minister should examine the fudge in the texts.

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (24 Mar 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children what systems are in place to ensure that work for the NTPF is not done by consultants during times that they are listed for public work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9856/05]

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (24 Mar 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the lessons which can be learned from the case of persons (details supplied). [9857/05]

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (24 Mar 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there are any circumstances in which private patients who have paid a fee to a private consultant can obtain treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; the checks that are in place to deal with this in Beaumont, the Mater and the Children's Hospital, Temple Street. [9859/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (24 Mar 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the system of reporting by consultants on the mix of public and private patients receiving procedures in public hospitals, which is made to hospital chief executive officers; and if this information is publicly accountable and monitored in Beaumont, the Mater and the Children's Hospital, Temple Street. [9858/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Mar 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has received the results of a pilot study on the use of digital hearing aids; if she has assessed the findings; and if she has set out a policy framework for the health service for which it is appropriate to provide this technology to clients of the service. [9860/05]

Written Answers — Trademark Legislation: Trademark Legislation (24 Mar 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if trademark legislation can give protection to a UK subsidiary of a multinational company to insist that Irish retailers source products through the UK instead of sourcing the same product from the United States at a lower cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9865/05]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (24 Mar 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date in the acquisition on behalf of her Department of a site for a school (details supplied); when the acquisition will be completed; if she has initiated the planning of the building to be erected on the site; and her target date for the opening of the school. [9866/05]

Leaders' Questions. (12 Apr 2005)

Richard Bruton: That is not true. The Taoiseach should quote figures.

Order of Business. (12 Apr 2005)

Richard Bruton: In regard to the Coroners Bill, an extraordinary situation arose recently in which a coroner who sought to have a witness attend could impose a penalty of only €6 for non-attendance. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform was very quick to move and say he would amend this Bill yet it appears to languish on the Government's third list of priorities. What is the Government's...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Services: Nursing Home Services (12 Apr 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the Government's attitude to the entitlement of persons who hold medical cards and who are in need of nursing home services but who have had to avail of private nursing home services due to the lack of a public place in view of the recent Supreme Court judgment; the Government's position in relation to paying for the cost...

Written Answers — Mental Health Tribunals: Mental Health Tribunals (12 Apr 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the mental health tribunals which were to be established under the 2002 Act will be established in order that persons who are aggrieved at their treatment would have a proper course of action for redress. [10238/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Apr 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 257: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the system of reporting made by individual consultants in respect of the mix of public and private patients receiving procedures in public hospitals to hospital chief executive officers and if this information is publicly accountable and monitored in Beaumont, the Mater Hospital and the Children's Hospital, Temple Street....

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (12 Apr 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 277: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking to provide a flexible system to meet the needs of patients with lifelong conditions who have to obtain emergency meetings their consultants when the need arises; if she has considered establishing a protocol for such situations in all public hospitals to force consultants or members of their teams...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (12 Apr 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 279: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the concerns regarding barriers to entry in the dental profession; her proposals to alter the arrangements under which a person may enter training to become a dentist or may be recognised as competent to provide dental services here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10800/05]