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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if in relation to her recent visit to a nursing home (details supplied) in County Dublin, there are plans to extend or upgrade the premises having regard to the shortage of space for the 150 patients who are resident there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22068/06]

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (13 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 139: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of e-voting machine storage facilities which are the subject of long-term lease agreements between the State and the owners of such facilities; the locations of each of these facilities; the length of time each agreement lasts; and the amount the State is liable to pay per annum in respect of these...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social and affordable houses short of the national development plan targets the country will be by the end of 2006, not withstanding the recent announcement of extra money allocated for housing purposes in June 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22499/06]

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (14 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has had discussions with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in regard to the translation of court documents into the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22758/06]

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (20 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a new study from the Combat Poverty Agency which shows that the increasing levels of indirect taxation here are having a disproportionate effect on those on lower incomes; the efforts he is making to ensure that those on low incomes receive sufficient supports to deflect the impact of these...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (20 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 260: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in view of the indications of continuing significant levels of consumer dissatisfaction with Internet service providers levels of service and the conclusion of his Department in its January 2006 discussion paper, Broadband Demand, he will consider consumer rights legislation specific to the...

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (20 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 334: To ask the Minister for Transport if his approval has been sought for a proposal from the Shannon Foynes Port Company to sell off Limerick Port; if his approval has been given for such a proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23868/06]

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (20 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 335: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether the proposal to sell off the functioning and profitable port of Limerick is consistent with the objectives of national marine transport policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23869/06]

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (20 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 336: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether the proposal to sell off the functioning and profitable port of Limerick is consistent with the objectives of stated EU marine transport policy which is to encourage the transport of freight by shipping rather than road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23870/06]

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (20 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 337: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he intends to take to ensure the continued operation of Limerick Docks in view of its importance to existing users and to the Limerick area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23871/06]

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (20 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 338: To ask the Minister for Transport the guidelines or procedures in place where a State owned port company, established under the Harbours Act 1996, proposes to dispose of plans, particularly with regard to ensuring openness and transparency in regard to any transaction and value for money for taxpayers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23873/06]

Written Answers — Consumer Confidence: Consumer Confidence (21 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he intends to take to address the concerns of small business owners following the significant drop in consumer sentiment in May 2006 as reported by the ESRI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23485/06]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Strength: Defence Forces Strength (22 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of soldiers who are accommodated in army barracks; the number of soldiers in each barrack; the number of units of accommodation in each barrack; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23729/06]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Deployment: Defence Forces Deployment (22 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Defence if Irish troops are deployed on the border with Northern Ireland; if so, the number of troops deployed; if it is intended to discontinue the deployment of such troops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23730/06]

Written Answers — World Trade Negotiations: World Trade Negotiations (27 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the content of her recent discussions with the EU Trade Commissioner in relation to the World Trade Organisation arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24614/06]

Written Answers — European Council Meetings: European Council Meetings (27 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the next Council of European Agriculture Ministers will be meeting; what is on the agenda; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24618/06]

Written Answers — Legal Proceedings: Legal Proceedings (27 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 154: To ask the Taoiseach the number of extant legal proceedings to which the Attorney General is a party or a notice party in which the constitutional validity or consistency of an enactment has been challenged, indicating the enactments involved and the present stage of those proceedings; the number of those cases in which a Minister of the Government is not also a party,...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (27 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 310: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of meetings of the EU 133 Committee which have discussed issues relating to the ACP-EU Economic Partnership agreements since negotiations were launched on 27 September 2002; the number of those meetings a member of the staff of Irish Aid attended; the grade of those Irish Aid officials who attended; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (27 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 314: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the call made by the Irish Commission for Justice and Social Affairs of the Irish Bishops Conference for the Government to pressure the EU and the UN to apply sanctions against the perpetrators of the Darfur conflict; if he will use his offices as a member of the EU and the UN to ensure an increase in the...

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (28 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions with the Financial Regulator on the subject of interest only mortgages; his views on the fact that interest only mortgages are being encouraged by the banking sector with some banks providing 100 per cent mortgages with interest only repayments; if he intends to take measures to regulate the provision of interest only...