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Written Answers — Poultry Industry: Poultry Industry (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps already taken and which have yet to be taken to prepare Ireland for the implementation from February 2008 of rules requiring every laying flock to be subject to a regime of private and official testing to ascertain salmonella status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40533/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the location and number of community nursing beds provided to date in 2006 and in 2005; the number of beds lost in the same period; the locations of these beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41466/06]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in implementing the recommendations of the Government's ten-year mental health policy, A Vision for Change; her views on claims that human rights are being fundamentally breached by the Government's neglect of the mental health sector. [41465/06]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to introduce equity between the treatment for stamp duty purposes of first time buyers of new dwelling houses for personal occupation and those who buy sites of land in order to build dwelling houses for their personal occupation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41270/06]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (6 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding stream for the provision of quality bus corridors; the amount available in 2007; the amount available under Transport 21; the amount provided in each of the years since 2002 and to date in 2006; the amount drawn down in each of those years; and the persons by whom it was drawn down and the project in relation to same. [41646/06]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (6 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects the 100 private sector operated buses to be fully deployed and operating in Dublin; the areas they will serve; the estimated cost of these buses and services to the Exchequer; and the funding set aside for these buses in the Book of Estimates 2007. [41658/06]

Written Answers — Garda Discipline Regulations: Garda Discipline Regulations (7 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 39: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the consideration of the new draft Garda discipline regulations by the Garda Conciliation Council; when he expects that the new regulations will be in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41930/06]

Written Answers — Probation and Welfare Service: Probation and Welfare Service (7 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for further development of the probation service; the additional resources that will be provided for the service having regard to additional responsibilities arising from the Criminal Justice Act 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41931/06]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (14 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has completed his consideration of the recent report he received from the Pensions Board entitled Special Savings for Retirement Report on Mandatory Pension System; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43136/06]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (14 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he expects that the promised Green Paper on Pensions will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43135/06]

Written Answers — Intellectual Property Rights: Intellectual Property Rights (31 Jan 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his position on software patents; the position the Government took on the proposed Computer Implemented Inventions Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2520/07]

Written Answers — Auditors' Liability Regimes: Auditors' Liability Regimes (31 Jan 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the terms of reference given to the Company Law Review Group for their investigation into the report from the EU Commission entitled Study on the Economic Impact of Auditors' Liability Regimes, as referred to in the statement of 3 January 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2521/07]

Written Answers — Garda Disciplinary Proceedings: Garda Disciplinary Proceedings (31 Jan 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 332: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if disciplinary proceedings have been initiated or if any are contemplated against any member of the Garda arising from the Report of the Commission of Investigation into the Dean Lyons case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1804/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (31 Jan 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 551: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is correct that stamp duty is payable on the purchase of a site where the purchasers (details supplied) in Dublin 24 bought a site with the intention of building a house on it and living there as owner occupier; if it is payable, the threshold for such first time purchaser to be liable to stamp duty; if it is currently payable, his...

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (31 Jan 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 784: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on amending the Health Act 1970 to include persons with acute rheumatoid arthritis in the long term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1907/07]

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (31 Jan 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1073: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the completion of the Shamrock Rovers stadium in Tallaght; if it remains his position as set out in reply to an adjournment debate on 9 February 2006, that the stadium should be used primarily for soccer and that there would be considerable cost implications and further delays if the stadium had to be adjusted to...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (31 Jan 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1421: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the role of the National Council for Special Education and the National Educational Psychological Service in relation to proposals for the development of a new ABACUS school in Dundalk, County Louth; the service which is responsible for assessing applicants for places in such schools; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (31 Jan 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the role of the National Council for Special Education and the National Educational Psychological Service in relation to proposals for the development of a new ABACUS school in Dundalk, County Louth; the aforementioned services that are responsible for assessing applicants for places in such schools; and if...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (31 Jan 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1685: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a new building was sanctioned by her in 2004 for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if her attention has been drawn further to the fact that to date no progress has been made by her Department in acquiring a site for the new building, that at present the school is full and...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (31 Jan 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1846: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of planning applications received by local authorities in each quarter of 2006; if he will give similar figures for each quarter in 2004 and 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1619/07]