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Written Answers — Department of Health: European Court of Human Rights Judgments (8 Nov 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Health if he has received the report from the expert group in relation to the A, B and C versus Ireland judgement in the European Court of Human Rights; his views on the fact that it is now eleven months since this group was established with a view to reporting back to Government within six months; the reasons for this delay; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Care Services (13 Nov 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the outcome of her visit to Sweden to examine childcare; her plans to progress the model and proposals of the Inter-Departmental sub-group on school-age childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49914/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Care Services (13 Nov 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made to date on the development of her plan for a Scandinavian style childcare system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49915/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (14 Nov 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent actions of the Government in Bahrain who have banned all protest gatherings, threatened to take legal action against opposition groups that organise anti-Government demonstrations and revoked the nationality of 31 opposition activists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50125/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Regulation (15 Nov 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that the Irish League of Credit Union have money available for investment, if he will consider availing of these funds in order to invest in the economy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50480/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Procurement Rules (20 Nov 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set out the tendering process for the awarding of legal contracts by University College Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51333/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Nov 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will remove the cap on the number of special needs assistants in order to allow resources to be allocated on the basis of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51334/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commercial Rates (21 Nov 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made in the revaluation of the commercial rates system; when a review of commercial rates in County Wexford will be carried out; if, once completed, valuation of commercial properties will be based on 2005 rental values; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51611/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commercial Rates (21 Nov 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider amending the Valuation (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012 to include an ability to pay clause based on economic hardship and an appeals system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51612/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies (22 Nov 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason behind the decision to abolish the office of the Chief Scientific Adviser; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51812/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Semi-State Sector Remuneration (27 Nov 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason he tried to breach the €250,000 pay cap for the new Chief Executive Officer of the Dublin Airport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52681/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (27 Nov 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of State funding given to the Irish Patients' Association and Patient Focus in each of the years 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012. [52191/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (28 Nov 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has received the environmental impact assessment of numbers 14 to 17 Moore Street, Dublin; the result of this assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52968/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Plan (28 Nov 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made to date in encouraging philanthropic initiatives for the arts; his plans to protect the arts in Budget 2013 in the event that he does not succeed in raising €10 million from the private sector; if his Department will meet the shortfall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52969/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Services (29 Nov 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a new fund to support and develop public service broadcasting on independent commercial radio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53327/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (4 Dec 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list and describe any proposed transfer of functions to local government in his reform document Putting People First which might enact the suggestion in the President's Take Charge of Change Declaration that local government should be empowered in order that national representatives do not engage in parochial...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (4 Dec 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider a radical overhaul of local government funding with a view to giving each local authority more autonomy, and in accordance with the State's commitments in the European Charter of Local Self Government, particularly Articles eight and nine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54224/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (11 Dec 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for increasing the numbers of patrol cars for an Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54498/12]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Battlegroups (12 Dec 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for Irish troops to participate in more EU Battlegroups in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54758/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments (13 Dec 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his reasons for discontinuing the suckler cow welfare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55955/12]