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Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Act: Residential Institutions Redress Act (5 Oct 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 313: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if any institutions in respect of which no public body had a regulatory or inspection function are included in the schedule to the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002; if she will amend the schedule to include a home (details supplied) in Dublin 7 where a person from County Wexford sustained serious injury as a very young child...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (6 Oct 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on Ireland's efforts to address the HIV and AIDS epidemic in the context of the review of the eight millennium development goals; the efforts he has made to develop a well resourced long-term comprehensive plan on a global scale on HIV and AIDS prevention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26829/05]

Written Answers — Humanitarian Situations: Humanitarian Situations (6 Oct 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts he has made to assist humanitarian efforts in Darfur; if money pledged is being used exclusively for famine relief or for human rights assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26830/05]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (6 Oct 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 229: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the considerations which gave rise to his Department's delay until 2003 in implementing new energy efficiency standards for housing; the basis on which developers have been permitted to build houses to the energy efficiency standards of the unrevised 1997 regulations up to the end of 2005; if the EU energy...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (11 Oct 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of psychologists employed by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27661/05]

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (11 Oct 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider extending free third level fees to part-time students who have not had the opportunity to proceed to third level directly from post-primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27655/05]

Written Answers — Ferry Services: Ferry Services (12 Oct 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the European Commission's proposal for an EC directive on manning conditions for regular passenger and ferry services operating between member states — Com(1998)251 final of 29 April 1998 and amended proposal Com(2000)437 final of 13 July 2000, and its position on Article 2.2 of the proposal....

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (12 Oct 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the details of the changed Government broadband target from that of 500,000 broadband subscribers by the end of 2006 as stated in reply to a parliamentary question on June 16 2005 to the current target of 400,000 broadband subscribers as of 28 September 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27872/05]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Oct 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 393: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide an itemised breakdown for costs arising from a project (details supplied); the reason there has been a delay in issuing the report; when she will issue a report for the project; the costings for the implementation of the reports proposals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28264/05]

Written Answers — Health Action Plan: Health Action Plan (18 Oct 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to implement the recommendations of the Hanly report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28796/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (18 Oct 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, in regard to the commitment given in the national health strategy to provide an additional 3,000 hospital beds, the number provided to date, and the hospitals in each case; the projected number that will be provided before the end of 2005; the number of beds lost since 1997 in each such hospital; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (18 Oct 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 387: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has acquired a site for the new Garda divisional headquarters in Wexford town; the location of the site and the amount paid; if the views of local public representatives were taken into account in deciding on the best site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29223/05]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (19 Oct 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he has abandoned random breath testing as a key part of road safety policy. [29055/05]

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (19 Oct 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Transport the response he has had from the private sector regarding increasing the amount of freight transported by rail; and the policy initiatives he will take as a result. [29056/05]

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (20 Oct 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent report of the inspector of prisons which describes the system of slopping out in Cork Prison as unacceptable and that the prison was the most overcrowded in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29762/05]

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (20 Oct 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reopen the Curragh Prison, Fort Mitchel or Spike Island in view of the fact that the industrial relations dispute has ended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29763/05]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (25 Oct 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 111: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he has failed to respond to the European Commission's final warning announced on 13 January 2005 regarding the failure to clean up waste at the Boyne estuary in view of the fact that a response was due within three months of the warning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30370/05]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (25 Oct 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will reply to the European Commission regarding the concerns that the Commission has in relation to the conformity of Irish legislation with Article 19(2) of the EC Treaty and Council Directive 93/109/EC, which concern the voting rights of new Community voters, in view of the fact that the Commission...

Written Answers — Irish Fertilizer Industries: Irish Fertilizer Industries (25 Oct 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 378: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the recent announcement by the liquidator of Irish Fertilizer Industries that moneys realised allow payment of 39% of claims of creditors, and the fact that the State will make a considerable tax take from the sale of property by the liquidation, sufficient funds will be available to the liquidator to pay...

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (25 Oct 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 611: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if additional funding will be provided to the Health Service Executive south eastern area, under the housing aid for the elderly scheme to deal with the lengthy waiting lists that exist in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30259/05]