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Written Answers — Benchmarking Awards: Benchmarking Awards (15 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding secondary school caretakers with respect to the benchmarking process; if all secondary school caretakers have benefited from and were included in the benchmarking process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4976/05]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (16 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of serving members of the gardaí employed as full-time drivers for Ministers, former Ministers and judicial figures; the annual cost in terms of salaries of such drivers; if he will undertake an assessment of whether this is the best use of Garda resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4935/05]

Written Answers — Crime Victimisation Survey: Crime Victimisation Survey (16 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the promised new national crime victimisation survey will commence; the person by whom it will be carried out; the frequency with which it will be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4934/05]

Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (16 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances and considerations that led to the pending trial of a person (details supplied) in a court in London for the murder of a person (details supplied) alleged to have been committed inWalkinstown, Dublin in May 2003; if this person's extradition for this offence was sought by the authorities here; if not, the...

Written Answers — European Court of Justice Ruling: European Court of Justice Ruling (17 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has studied the ruling of the European Court of Justice of 16 January 2003 which ruled that preferential rates granted on the basis of the place of residence, even local, of visitors to cultural sites were discriminatory and hence incompatible with the EC treaty; the consequences of that ruling for Ireland; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 44: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the dates on which a week-long cancellation of elective surgery took place within the past six months at Cork University Hospital; the date on which she visited this hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5418/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she proposes to take to rectify a phenomenon described as dangerously inadequate staffing and facilities that are seriously unsatisfactory, in view of the external report launched on 7 February 2005 by the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland confirming that Ireland has the highest incidence of cystic...

Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (22 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount spent by publicly funded hospitals in the employment of debt collectors in the years 2003 and 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5712/05]

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (23 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he plans to take on foot of the recent EU-SILC survey which found that 23% of the population is at risk of poverty and that 9% of the population is classed as consistently poor; if this is not a damning indictment of Government anti-poverty policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5898/05]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (23 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applications received to date for the pre 1953 pension; the number of applications rejected by his Department; the number of applicants who claim to have been employed by local authorities who were refused the pre 1953 pension; the number of applicants who claim to have been employed by semi-State bodies who were...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (24 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the recent report from a centre (details supplied) which found that foreign women employed as domestic workers were being subjected to widespread mistreatment and exploitation; if he intends to introduce additional measures to ensure that such vulnerable workers are not exploited; and if...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (1 Mar 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Defence if the RDF unit in Cahir, County Tipperary, will be retained at its present location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6699/05]

Written Answers — Violence Against Women: Violence Against Women (1 Mar 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding of €7 million will be incorporated into the Finance Bill 2005, in view of the fact that for four years running the Government budget has neglected to increase funding to the violence against women sector, other than cost of living increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6505/05]

Written Answers — Bovine Diseases: Bovine Diseases (2 Mar 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of cases of BSE in cattle discovered in 2004 and to date in 2005; the way in which this compares with recent years; the number of such cases which were discovered in animals born after the imposition of the ban on meat and bonemeal; if she has information regarding the reason so many cases in such animals are still being...

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (2 Mar 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the implications for this country of the recent discovery of BSE in a goat in France and the confirmation that the condition has now jumped a species; the estimated number of goats here; the steps that are being taken to ensure that BSE does not spread to the Irish goat herd; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Revenue Disclosures: Revenue Disclosures (3 Mar 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made by the Revenue Commissioners into allegations that tax improprieties may surround trust operations in a bank in Jersey (details supplied); if the Revenue has reached a determination regarding whether these trusts facilitated tax evasion as distinct from tax avoidance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7185/05]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (3 Mar 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made by his Department and the Revenue Commissioners in their consideration of the recommendations of the Revenue Powers Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7186/05]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (3 Mar 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding which is available in view of the refusal of the Health Service Executive to exceed the maximum level of enhanced subvention and its statement that the funding available to it in 2005 will determine the scope for a review of the maximum enhanced subvention rate this year in its letter of 14 February 2005; if it...

Written Answers — Crisis Pregnancy Information Services: Crisis Pregnancy Information Services (3 Mar 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the bogus pregnancy counselling agencies that are in operation in a number of locations around the country and which provide inaccurate and sometimes inflammatory information regarding abortion; her further views on the opinion of a person (details supplied), that nothing can be done to stop these agencies...

Written Answers — Crisis Pregnancy Information Services: Crisis Pregnancy Information Services (3 Mar 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that all of the nine agencies funded by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency now provide information on all three options facing women with a crisis pregnancy; if she has satisfied herself that even those agencies which are publicly anti-abortion are in a position to provide accurate and...