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Written Answers — Equal Opportunities Employment: Equal Opportunities Employment (28 Nov 2007)

Seán Barrett: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his proposals to facilitate people to work past 65 years of age by abolishing the mandatory retirement age as recommended in the recently published report of the senior, select, retain and retrain partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28768/07]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Nov 2007)

Seán Barrett: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the application by a primary school (details supplied) in County Wicklow for an urgently needed extension, the necessity for which has been supported by Department inspectors and by her Department, will be approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31696/07]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (5 Dec 2007)

Seán Barrett: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is her intention to establish and appropriately resource a network of specialist breast centres to which every woman here would be assured of access; if she will ring-fence funding to appropriately resource and staff such centres to ensure the best possible outcome for patients; if NQA standards will be implemented in such...

Written Answers — Voluntary Sector Funding: Voluntary Sector Funding (11 Dec 2007)

Seán Barrett: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide core funding to the Irish Osteoporosis Society to enable this charity to continue and expand its vital work for osteoporosis sufferers and the general public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33324/07]

Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (11 Dec 2007)

Seán Barrett: Question 736: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the situation whereby local authorities are levying water charges at different rates throughout the country on schools which receive capitation payments from her Department at a uniform rate and where an element of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is imposing these charges on her...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (18 Dec 2007)

Seán Barrett: Question 88: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends amending section 246(b) of the Planning Act 2000 which requires that public representatives pay a fee of €20 in respect of a submission made on a planning application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29052/07]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (19 Dec 2007)

Seán Barrett: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will defer the introduction of the new fair deal scheme for the funding of nursing home care until there is further debate on the implications of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35808/07]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (19 Dec 2007)

Seán Barrett: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide exemption for those female old age pensioners who are denied the qualified adult allowance due to the impact of joint accounts on their entitlement to QAA, where their husbands may have deposited in the account a lump sum received due to redundancy, retirement, severance and so on; if he will take into account...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (30 Jan 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 169: To ask the Taoiseach his views on the successful Age Action Ireland Getting Started information technology training course for older people, which is currently running in libraries in the greater Dublin area; his further views on supporting the extension of this programme for the benefit and empowerment of older people nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (30 Jan 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the introduction of an Irish older persons' Bill that would delineate the rights and entitlements of older Irish persons in the areas of non-discriminatory care and services provision, promotion of welfare of older persons, older persons' entitlement to assessment of needs, protection from neglect and abuse, licensing of...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (30 Jan 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals for the implementation of the Madrid Plan, as adopted by the Madrid Assembly on Aging 2002 and committed to by Member States of the European Union to prioritise the older person agenda, the development of a society for all ages, adjusting its structures and functions, policies and plans to the needs and capabilities of...

Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (30 Jan 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 437: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason only €25 million, or 8% of the additional health spending announced in Budget 2008 will be invested on community care initiatives for older people, despite widespread concerns regarding regional problems in accessing home care packages, home help hours and day and respite places; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Parking Regulations: Parking Regulations (30 Jan 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 564: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will initiate the long promised review of the disabled person's parking permit scheme in the near future with a view to ensuring that the scheme is protected from abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2215/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (30 Jan 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 1316: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position on the leasing of storage space for electronic voting machines and equipment on a constituency basis; the length and cost of lease in each case; the allowance which will be made for depreciation and obsolescence in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1019/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is intended to provide a dedicated cystic fibrosis unit to meet the urgent and critical needs of cystic fibrosis sufferers; if she has plans to provide isolation units for CF patients at hospitals here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1592/08]

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (12 Feb 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 273: To ask the Minister for Transport the requirements of applicants for taxi licences; if there is a differentiation between Irish and non-Irish national applicants regarding these requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4496/08]

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (12 Feb 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 507: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made by officials of her Department on a green field site for the relocation of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18 to provide for a growing demand for school places and due to the inability to accommodate 24 classrooms on the current site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5150/08]

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (12 Feb 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 522: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the arrangements and procedures for the secure and controlled destruction of the quantities of illegal drugs that are seized by Garda and Customs officials throughout the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4550/08]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (12 Feb 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 527: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the numbers randomly breath-tested on roads in 2007; the number and percentage of those who were taken to Garda stations for blood or urine testing; the number and percentage of these who were found to be over the blood/alcohol limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4495/08]

Written Answers — European Council Meetings: European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the main agenda items for the next European Union Agriculture and Fisheries Council that are of concern to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6876/08]