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Written Answers — General Register Office: General Register Office (21 Jun 2005)

Willie Penrose: Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the timetable for the decentralisation of the General Register Office from Dublin to Roscommon; if the Civil Registration Act 2004 will not be implemented until the decentralisation process is complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17115/05]

Written Answers — General Register Office: General Register Office (21 Jun 2005)

Willie Penrose: Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the stage in the decentralisation process at which the requirement that a civil marriage ceremony must take place in the office of a register of marriages be changed. [17116/05]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (21 Jun 2005)

Willie Penrose: Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recent study by the National Council on Aging and Older People which states that discrimination and ageism against older persons is rife in the health and social services systems; the action she plans to take in view of this report; if she will implement its recommendations; and if...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (21 Jun 2005)

Willie Penrose: Question 493: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for registration by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21003/05]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (21 Jun 2005)

Willie Penrose: Question 551: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if additional accommodation will be provided at a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21034/05]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (22 Jun 2005)

Willie Penrose: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Transport the position with regard to plans to change legislation to provide for the use of speed cameras to detect motor insurance and tax offences; if he has had any further discussions with the Data Protection Commissioner on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21250/05]

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (22 Jun 2005)

Willie Penrose: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will commission a study to examine the case for a second airport in the greater Dublin-Leinster area in view of the concerns regarding traffic congestion and noise disturbance which will result from the proposed development of Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21245/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Jun 2005)

Willie Penrose: Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be immediately admitted to St. James's Hospital for urgent treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21376/05]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (22 Jun 2005)

Willie Penrose: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the communications, meetings and other representations his Department has had with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in relation to the EU requests for opening of markets under the proposed EPAs; if he will make records of such contacts available to Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21367/05]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (22 Jun 2005)

Willie Penrose: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has aired any concerns with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in relation to the opening up of priority country markets to EU competition; if there has been a suggestion by his Department that areas of these markets be excluded from liberalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21368/05]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (22 Jun 2005)

Willie Penrose: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government has undertaken an assessment of the impact upon industrial and agricultural producers in Ireland's priority aid countries of the entry into force of EPA — free trade areas which the EU proposes will include full liberalisation of 90% of trade with the poorest countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (22 Jun 2005)

Willie Penrose: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions and proposals the Government is pursuing to ensure that the EU works with the 77 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, either to achieve at the WTO an extension of the Cotonou Waiver or to change Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in order that the EU can continue to give preferential access to...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (22 Jun 2005)

Willie Penrose: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the representations his Department has had at the EU 133 committee meetings considering the liberalisation of trade with Ireland's priority countries under EPAs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21400/05]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (22 Jun 2005)

Willie Penrose: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the consultations his Department has had with priority country Governments and with business, community and civil society regarding their defensive interests in the EPA trade negotiations; the areas of concern which were highlighted through consultations; the steps which have been taken by his Department to ensure that those interests are...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (22 Jun 2005)

Willie Penrose: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has made an assessment of the industries, in each of Ireland's priority aid countries, which will most come under pressure through the liberalisation envisaged in EPAs; if he will identify those industries; the number of persons they employ; the capacity they have to adjust to competition from European exports inside the...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (22 Jun 2005)

Willie Penrose: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the industries in Mozambique, which can sustain full opening up to competition from South Africa; the way in which this can be envisaged as a poverty reduction strategy consistent with the objectives of the Cotonou Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21403/05]

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (22 Jun 2005)

Willie Penrose: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of current driving test waiting times, by centre, for the latest date for which figures are available; the number of applicants waiting for their driving test for each driving test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21249/05]

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (23 Jun 2005)

Willie Penrose: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to take any new measures to seek a resolution of the dispute with the IPOA in regard to overtime working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21465/05]

Written Answers — Prison Suicides: Prison Suicides (23 Jun 2005)

Willie Penrose: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concern expressed in the 2004 report of the Arbour Hill visiting committee regarding the circumstances of the suicide of two prisoners and particularly the absence of a dedicated psychiatrist; the steps which are being taken to address the concerns raised; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Inland Waterways: Inland Waterways (23 Jun 2005)

Willie Penrose: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the level of progress that has been made in relation to the reopening of the Royal Canal to full navigability and the stretch of canal leading from Abbeyshrule towards the Shannon; the amount of money which is allocated for the completion of the navigability project; if he has satisfied himself that same is adequate...