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Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (17 May 2011)

John Halligan: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will compel those banks that are now in State ownership to repay the payment protection insurance which they wrongly sold alongside personal loans, credit cards and mortgages to all those persons who are self-employed, unemployed, seasonal workers or unable to work due to illness; if he will order the banks to conduct a cost analysis into...

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (26 May 2011)

John Halligan: Question 2: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when he intends to formally declare recognition of a fully sovereign Palestinian state, as previously indicated; the representations he has made at EU level to secure the Palestinian people's right to real democracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13070/11]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (5 Jul 2011)

John Halligan: Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made or intends to make an official statement regarding the recent unlawful killing of 15 Syrian citizens who were peacefully protesting in the towns of Homs and Kiswa south of Damascus; and if he will ask the Syrian Government to enter into negotiations with Syrian pro-democracy groups whose main aim is...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (5 Jul 2011)

John Halligan: Question 547: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has bean drawn to the fact that many of the products which were being previously sold in head shops are now widely available to anybody online and are being purchased openly; the action being taken to curtail the availability of these products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18219/11]

Written Answers — Student Support Schemes: Student Support Schemes (19 Jul 2011)

John Halligan: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he has decided to implement a reduction in the mature student grant and to do so retrospectively; his views on whether this will have a devastating effect on many mature students who, upon enrolling in full time education for an agreed term, had budgeted the then available grant into their daily lives and who will now find...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (21 Jul 2011)

John Halligan: Question 628: To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he will put in place to expedite the time frame associated with the processing of medical card applications; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in some instances applicants are waiting for up to four months for assessments to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21985/11]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (21 Jul 2011)

John Halligan: Question 724: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the proposed increases in fares to be implemented by Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann; his further views on whether increases such as these would be inappropriate in the current financial climate particularly given that the public should be encouraged to avail of public transport. [21986/11]

Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (14 Sep 2011)

John Halligan: Question 265: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will make a statement in relation to the recent announcement by a company (details supplied) that it is to move 130 jobs, currently engaged in providing customer care services, to off-shore locations within the company group to Egypt and India; his views on allowing this company to relocate these jobs out of Ireland...

Written Answers — Legal Aid Service: Legal Aid Service (14 Sep 2011)

John Halligan: Question 608: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the waiting period for persons applying for free legal aid; if his further attention has been drawn to some instances people are waiting between four to five months to be provided with public representation; his plans to rectify this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22679/11]

Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (14 Sep 2011)

John Halligan: Question 853: To ask the Minister for Health if he will stand by the promise that he has made in relation to prescription levies being removed; when these levies will be removed. [22889/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (14 Sep 2011)

John Halligan: Question 854: To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute hospital beds in Waterford Regional Hospital; if any of these aforementioned acute hospital beds are closed at present and unavailable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22890/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (14 Sep 2011)

John Halligan: Question 855: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in Waterford at present there are approximately 100 children and adolescents living with type 1 diabetes some of whom are receiving care in the local Waterford Regional Hospital but many of whom have the added disadvantage of having to travel to Dublin for treatment due to the lack of sufficient...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Sep 2011)

John Halligan: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no notice given where jobseeker's benefit is finishing and job seeker's allowance needs to be applied for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25729/11]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (18 Oct 2011)

John Halligan: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify a matter (details supplied) regarding pensions. [29956/11]

Written Answers — Army Barracks: Army Barracks (18 Oct 2011)

John Halligan: Question 409: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the adverse effect the uncertainty regarding the potential closure of army barracks across the country is having on the soldiers who will be directly affected; if he will confirm the position in relation to these rumoured closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29954/11]

Written Answers — General Practitioner Fees: General Practitioner Fees (18 Oct 2011)

John Halligan: Question 503: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many persons have continuously expressed concern that in the midst of the current economic crisis, many doctors are still charging excessively for consultation fees, which is having a huge financial impact on families without either medical cards or general practitioner visit cards; his plans to...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (24 Jan 2012)

John Halligan: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm if there will be any subsidies available for parents wishing to send their children to schools with a Protestant ethos when there is no alternative free schooling available in the area (details supplied). [3325/12]

Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (24 Jan 2012)

John Halligan: Question 476: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that once Garda patrol cars reach a mileage of approximately 300,000 km they are to be automatically decommissioned and replaced, if this is indeed the case and particularly in the Waterford area if these patrol cars are being replaced once decommissioned; and if he will provide the latest data in respect of same....

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (25 Jan 2012)

John Halligan: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the case of workers in the Jane Norman chain who were ejected from their jobs in an almost identical manner to that which occurred in the La Senza chain, when the company was put into administration in June 2011, and at which to date the workers have still not been paid approximately a...

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (22 Feb 2012)

John Halligan: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Finance if recent Central Statistics Office figures showing a rise in the value of financial assets in the State will lead him to reconsider his tax policy and revenue raising strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9935/12]