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Written Answers — Public Procurement: Public Procurement (16 Sep 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 265: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to direct public procurement authorities to modify the tendering process in respect of smaller public sector construction contracts under the EU procurement directive level of €5.25 million by short-listing ten randomly selected approved local contractors; if he will apply the open tender procedure in the case of all civil engineering...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (16 Sep 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the matter of the over 70s medical cards was removed from the responsibilities of the Health Service Executive community services and centralised in the HSE primary care reimbursement services in Finglas, Dublin 11; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that over 70s medical card applications have been lost and that...

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (16 Sep 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason Crohn's disease does not qualify under the long-term illness scheme; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Crohn's disease requires lengthy follow-up maintenance treatment extending over the patient's lifetime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30275/09]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (2 Jul 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Transport if he proposes to amend the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 and specifically the (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 477 of 2006) in order that he can exercise influence in the way national car tests are arranged; the reason roadworthy four year old cars, many of which have low mileage, must be included; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Jul 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps he will take to deal with the number of qualified primary teachers who are finding it impossible to obtain a teaching post, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the reason for the spiralling number of unemployed primary teachers is the promised decrease in the pupil-teacher ratio, which failed to materialise;...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason that most children with autism and intellectual disabilities have been turned down for the domiciliary care allowance; if the qualification criteria for the allowance have been changed; the reason for such change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25690/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (23 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on introducing a tax deferred incentivised disability savings plan similar to the plan introduced in Canada in 2008 to enable families with disabled children to provide financially for their children's futures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24583/09]

Written Answers — Consular Services: Consular Services (23 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 319: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the experience of a person (details supplied); if he will advise how they will remove the refusal stamp from their passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24517/09]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (23 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 343: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to control the activities of so-called headshops, in which mind altering drugs (details supplied) are sold as substitutes for banned drug substances; the place of headshops in the national drugs strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24557/09]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (23 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the provisions of the telecommunications antennae and monopole support structures guidelines for planning authorities prepared by his Department in July 1996; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24528/09]

Written Answers — Penalty Points System: Penalty Points System (18 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether it is feasible to impose five point penalties on motorists in respect of national car tests when there is no valid notification system in place to afford them a reasonable opportunity to comply with the law; his further views on whether it is satisfactory that NCT centres here should have a three month backlog of NCT test...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (16 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason potential adoptive parents who have completed the Health Service Executive preparatory adoption courses are compelled to wait for in excess of six months without a social worker being assigned to their cases to assess their applications and written homework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23501/09]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (16 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Transport if, arising from his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 324 of 9 June 2009, he will explain the terms on which a licence could be granted to a company (details supplied) to operate bus passenger services between Dalkey and Dublin Airport; the reason the company appealed such terms; the company's submission to his Department and its proposed...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (9 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she plans to take to deal with the sale of potentially dangerous stimulant substitutes for a drug substance (details supplied) banned under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1984; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22490/09]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (9 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 324: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to the application by a group (details supplied) for a licence to operate bus passenger services between Dalkey and Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22081/09]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (9 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 412: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the post-conflict humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka in which thousands of innocent civilians remain trapped in the battle zone with the International Committee of the Red Cross humanitarian workers refused entry to assist them; if he will call on the international community to prepare a package of measures to help Sri Lanka...

Written Answers — Prison Inspections: Prison Inspections (27 May 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of times he meets with the Inspector of Prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21549/09]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (26 May 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for the protracted delay in the development of an integrated ticketing system for Dublin's public transport network since it was first mooted in the late 1990s; the further reason the Railway Procurement Agency was entrusted with this task; the expenditure to date on the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20981/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (21 May 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance the levies and taxes for which persons aged 70 years and over are liable particularly as a result of the recent budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20805/09]

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (20 May 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the predicted decrease made by his Department in planting due to the reduction in forestry premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20154/09]