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Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (8 May 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Transport when he plans to reform the Transport Act 1932 to allow for greater bus competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17457/08]

Written Answers — Census of Population: Census of Population (29 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 89: To ask the Taoiseach if he will include a question on the next national Census form asking if any person or persons in each household has autism, as such information is important to establish the levels of autism here, and is vital to assist in policy development in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16025/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 17: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost of not plugging the avoidance scheme on stamp duty; and the reason this was deemed an appropriate policy boost tool for the housing sector. [15645/08]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (23 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if Special Education Circular 02/05 will be revised to ensure that children with specific special needs or with a mild general learning disability in mainstream primary schools will receive continuous full-time special needs assistance and low incidence teaching hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15569/08]

Written Answers — Schools ICT Strategy: Schools ICT Strategy (23 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she proposes to provide the promised €250 million provision for up-to-date information and communications technology in primary schools to replace the largely outdated and inadequate equipment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15570/08]

Written Answers — Physical Education Facilities: Physical Education Facilities (23 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to ensure that appropriate indoor physical education facilities will be provided in all primary schools; if provision will be made for an annual grant to be paid to all schools for the implementation of the PE curriculum; if it is her intention to employ specialist PE teachers in primary schools; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (23 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to drastically increase the annual capitation grant to schools to realistically take account of the real administrational costs of running schools between secretarial and caretaking staffs, maintenance, lighting and heating, water supply and waste disposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15572/08]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (23 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will take the necessary steps to ensure that all children with Down's syndrome will have an automatic entitlement to the maximum allocation of low incidence teaching hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15573/08]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (17 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if additional resources, in the form of extra social worker staff, will be provided in the Dublin area to address and expedite processing of the Adoption Board's lengthy backlog of inter-country adoption applications, where waiting periods are usually upwards of 24 months prior to assessment; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (17 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 544: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will supply this Deputy with the information sought in Parliamentary Question No. 527 of 12 February 2008 relating to the numbers randomly breath-tested on roads here in 2007; the number and percentage of those who were taken to Garda stations for blood or urine testing; the number and percentage of those who were...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (17 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 572: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delays in processing Irish citizenship applications which can run to upwards of three years; if the process of notifying applicants, if their applications meet the statutory conditions can be expedited; if additional staff will be recruited to reduce the current backlog of applications; and if he will...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (17 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 613: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will give careful consideration to the firearms issues related to the running of the shooting phase of the youth B competition in the upcoming European modern pentathlon competition to be staged here from 2 to 7 July 2008; if this will be taken into consideration in the completion of the new firearms legislation;...

Written Answers — Local Authority Correspondence: Local Authority Correspondence (17 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 647: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that Members of the Oireachtas receive replies within a maximum two to three week period to representations on behalf of constituents to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14282/08]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will accord recognition to all Down's syndrome children as having specific learning disabilities, thus providing an automatic entitlement for them to a minimum number of learning support hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10102/08]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (3 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she has proposals to amend the Foreshore Act 1933 in relation to the development of offshore wind farms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12586/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Forms: Social Welfare Forms (2 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will take the necessary steps to ensure that adequate stocks of important State benefit application forms, such as the household benefits package are maintained at the various outlets in order that stocks do not become exhausted, as many persons do not have access to electronic means of applying; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (11 Mar 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will replace the Transport 21 metro proposals with the original Dublin Transportation Office proposal to link Luas and metro lines to ensure a viable and fast through-city centre rail connection, and avoid unnecessary duplication of light rail lines through the city, that is, street light rail and metro tunnel between St. Stephen's Green...

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (4 Mar 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of speech and language therapy graduates who qualified from the various colleges in each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8931/08]

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (27 Feb 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 40: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to reconcile the new motor taxation scheme commencing on 1 July 2008 with the existing motor taxation scheme, in order to prevent inequalities in the treatment for taxation purposes of identical vehicles purchased prior to July 2008, and in the resale values of otherwise perfectly good cleaner...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (26 Feb 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if Directive 92/73EEC or Directive 92/74EEC have been transposed into Irish law; if they were enacted or transposed by way of statutory instruments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8006/08]